What meaning does the Flag of Nafarroa have?
The shield, the flag and the hymn of Nafarroa constitute the official symbols of the Regional Community. The first two are defined in the LORAFNA, Regional Law 7/1986, of 28th May, approved by the Parliament of Nafarroa which establishes the official hymn and regulates the use of all the symbols of Nafarroa. “The shield of Nafarroa is formed by gold chains on a red background, with an emerald in the centre which joins the branches of links and on these, the royal crown, a symbol of the Ancient Kingdom of Nafarroa”. The flag has its origin in the coat of arms which the King of Nafarroa Sancho VII el Fuerte adopted as his own in 1212, after the victory of the Christian Kings of Nafarroa, Castile and León, against the Muslim troops, which occurred in Navas de Tolosa (current province of Jaén), within the Reconquest of the peninsula. The chains represent those which surrounded the tent of the Moorish King Miramamolín el Verde and which Sancho el Fuerte broke with his own sword, and the cen
