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Starigrad is a community in the Zadar County, 40 km northeast
of Zadar in the litoraly region
beneath the Velebit Mountains. 1,900 inhabitants,
1,100 in the place of the same name itself. The
National Park Starigrad Paklenica with the monumental canyon
entering the sea is situated in the community, being its primary
source of tourist income. Outside Starigrad are remains of Roman
settelment Vegium badly damaged by bombing during the war in
1990's.
Checking the latest official gazettes of the Zadar County at <www.zadarska-zupanija.hr>,
I found some news in the recently adopted statutes of several
municipalities:
Starigrad: Statut Opcine Starigrad, 31.01.2006, Službeni
glasnik Zadarske županije, br. 3/06, 01.02.2006.
The newly adopted Statutes include the desription of the coat of
arms and the flag that must have been adopted a few years prior
to it, I estimate around 2002.
The coat of arms of Starigrad is: azure between rocks argent a
two-handeled vessel also argent. The rocky gorge in the coat of
arms depicts the Paklenica canyon for which the community is
famous (indeed it is often refered as to Starigrad-Paklenica, to
differentiate from several other placed named similarly) and the
vessel represents the old Roman glass jar.
The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered golden in the
middle.
Željko Heimer, 18 August 2006