Autonomous Regions
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979-present | Flag of Autonomous Region of the Azores. | This flag is similar to the flag of Portugal, used from 1830–1910, except that the Portuguese coat of arms has been removed and been replaced by the Goshawk (in Portuguese: Açor), the symbol of the Azores. | |
| 1978-present | Flag of the Autonomous Region of Madeira. | A blue-gold-blue vertical triband with a red-bordered white Cross of Christ in the center. |
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Famous quotes containing the words autonomous and/or regions:
“Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the citizens and the state, there can be no guarantee of external peace.”
—Václav Havel (b. 1936)
“In place of a world, there is a city, a point, in which the whole life of broad regions is collecting while the rest dries up. In place of a type-true people, born of and grown on the soil, there is a new sort of nomad, cohering unstably in fluid masses, the parasitical city dweller, traditionless, utterly matter-of-fact, religionless, clever, unfruitful, deeply contemptuous of the countryman and especially that highest form of countryman, the country gentleman.”
—Oswald Spengler (1880–1936)