Category: Flags flown in our Garden

Venetian Flag of War

Venetian Flag of War The book is closed and the sword is held up in its place. This indicates that the Venetian states are in a period of War. The Republic of Venice (697-1797) was at war twenty-three times between…

Venetian Peace Flag

Pax Tibi Marce Evangelista Meus The republic of Venice created out of the lagoon communities in the northeast of the now Italy in the seventh century adopted St. Mark as its patron saint. The winged lion holding a book on…

Simon de Montfort

Simon de Montfort This is why we have an original flag to commemorate him.  It was my wife, of fiercely held democratic views, who first drew my attention to Simon de Monfort, 6th Earl of Leicester. He was born in…