page_title: Flag of Georgia (country)
section_title: Medieval Georgian flags
hierarchical_section_title: Flag of Georgia (country) / Previous flags / Medieval Georgian flags
caption_attribution_description: English: Cropped area of The 1367 chart of the Pizzigani brothers, showing "five-cross flag" over Tbilisi.ქართული: ფრაგმენტი ძმები პიციგანების 1367 წლის პორტულანიდან, რომელზეც გამოსახულია თბილისი და „ხუთ-ჯვრიანი დროშა“.
context_page_description: The flag of Georgia, also known as the Five Cross Flag, is one of the national symbols of Georgia. Originally a banner of the medieval Kingdom of Georgia, it was brought back to popular use in the late 20th and early 21st centuries during periods of the Georgian national revival. Prior to obtaining its official status in 2004, the flag was popularised by the United National Movement and served as one of the most recognisable symbols of the Rose Revolution.
context_section_description: The white flag with the single red St. George's cross was supposedly used by King Vakhtang I in the 5th century. According to tradition, Queen Tamar (d. 1213) used a flag with a dark red cross and a star in a white field. In the 1367 map by Domenico and Francesco Pizzigano, the flag of Tifilis (Tbilisi) is shown as a Jerusalem cross (a large cross with smaller crosses in each quarter). According to D. Kldiashvili (1997), the  Jerusalem cross might have been adopted during the reign of King George V.
caption: Detail of the 1367 Pizzigano chart, showing Tbilisi and its flag
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