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The current official Galician flag is a mix between the medieval coat of arms (13thC) and one of our nautical flags (late 19thC if memory serves me correctly):
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, where the coat of arms represents the Holy Grial. It was introduced at the time Arthurian legends came to Galicia by pilgrims going to Compostela.
There's an older historical flag though. This is a reconstruction of how the Royal Standard of the Swabian Dynasty of the Kingdom of Galicia (5th-6thC) was supposed to look like. The solid evidence we keep is a early medieval written description and similar heraldic elements in local coats of arms here and there which correspond to the dates. So even if modernised/stylised it should have looked similar to this:
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It's not an official flag but it's often used to represent the union of the old Galician Kingdom (present day Galicia+northern Portugal mainly), in contrast to the official flag which is valid for present day Galicia only.
Other flags were used historically, but these are the main or most remembered/significant ones.
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Originally Posted by Oinakos Growion
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