The Flag of Lviv Oblast Is Official Since February 27, 2001.
The flag represents a banner of 2:3 proportion. With emblem region in the center — crowned yellow (golden) color lion. Height of lion — 3/4 of the flag's width, the distance from the upper and lower edges of the cloth — 1/8 the width of the flag. In the flip side — a mirror image.
The reference sample flag field is kept in the office of Chairman of the Regional Council.
The lion leaning on a rock symbolizes the power and strength of the land and its inhabitants, who defended their independence from strangers for centuries. At the same time, it resonates with the name of the city of Lviv and the name of its first ruler — Leo I of Galicia.
The crown on the lion's head indicates the capital role of Kingdom of Rus' (Kingdom of Galicia and Volhynia) in the XII—XIV centuries and Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria in the XVIII—XX centuries.
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