Esther's photos with the keyword: flag

National Palace of Culture Guatemala City, Guatemala AP1045380

El Salvador San Salvador AP1044837

The Sunday Challenge: Flags AIMG 5386

The wind pattern in a city can be quite interesting at times. The Sunday Challenge: Flags A20190911 090047

Nothing beats a small town parade on the Fourth of July, except fireworks. AIMG 5651

The USS Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat. She was launched in 1797 from Boston, Massachusetts and participated in the the Quasi War with France (1798-1801), the Barbary Wars (1801-1805) and the War of 1812. She received her nickname of "Old Ironsides" when during a battle with the HMS Guerriere during the War of 1812, a sailor exclaimed, "Her sides are made of iron!” after he saw 18-lb. iron cannonballs bouncing off her 25-inch hull. For more information, see www.history.navy.mil/ussconstitution and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constitution . AIMG 3673

Palacio de Gobierno, Lima, Peru AIMG 0653

"The flag of Greece (popularly referred to as the galanolefki or the kianolefki, the "blue-white"), officially recognized by Greece as one of its national symbols, is based on nine equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white. There is a blue canton in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white cross; the cross symbolizes Eastern Orthodox Christianity, the established religion of the Greek people of Greece and Cyprus. According to popular tradition, the nine stripes represent the nine syllables of the phrase "Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος" ("Freedom or Death", " E-lef-the-ri-a i Tha-na-tos"), the five blue stripes for the syllables "Έλευθερία" and the four white stripes "ή Θάνατος". The nine stripes are also said to represent the letters of the word "freedom" (Greek: Ελευθερία). There is also a different theory, that the nine stripes symbolize the nine Muses, the goddesses of art and civilization (nine has traditionally been one of the numbers of reference for the Greeks)." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_flag AIMG_3389

Victor Emmanuel Monument, Rome AIMG_2328

Prayer flags at the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal.The Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal was contructed in the 14th Century. It became one of the most important centers of Tibetan Buddhism religion after thousands of Tibetans fled their country following the 1959 Chinese invasion. AIMG_0534

A young boy, seeing tourists inside a building in Varanasi, India, proudly waves the national flag. AIMG_9956

The view from Swayambhunath, the Monkey Temple located on a hill overlooking the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. Swayambhunath is an ancient religious complex consisting of a stupa, a number of shrines and temples and a Tibetan monastery, museum and library. ODT: In the distance AIMG_0313