Blanes is an seaside resort and municipality in the Spanish province of Girona, which is located in the autonomous community of Catalonia. It's nicknamed the "Gateway to the Costa Brava" if you come from south, Blanes is bordered next to the Costa del Maresme one of the lesser known Costa's. Blanes have an population around 38 thousand and in the summer months sunbathers from Northern European comes for an holiday. Tired of beaches and such the town has two botanical gardens to visit. The first one named Marimurtra has more than 4000 plant species and is very colorful. The second one Pinya de Rosa has over 7000 plant species with big collection of cacti and aloe plants, many of those plants are one of the best in the world. If your journey is planned in the third or fourth week of July, can enjoy an fireworks competition which last for 5 days. So let's take an look at the flag.
The flag has an red background with an white cross and it's has to do with an Frankish conquest. Around the year 800 Charlemagne conquered Catalonia from the Moors and for the effort he gave the Blanes to one of his vassals, the count of Savoy in all likelihood. But the flag of Savoy has been there since the Crusades that was couple centuries later than the conquest of Catalonia. Some historical freedoms have been taken with the choice of the flag in 1993. No meaning for the flag i have found but i think it has to do recognize which army group is who on the battlefield in the days of the Crusades. Semi-historical flag to represented an Savoy past, kind a work here an bit.
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