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- Capital
- Tirana
- Continent
- Europe
- Flag adopted
- 1992
- Designer
- Not individually credited
Albania
Colors and meaning
Red #E41E20
Bravery, strength and valor, a color tied to Skanderbeg's 15th-century resistance banner
Symbolism and history
A black double-headed eagle, the emblem of the Byzantine Empire adopted by national hero Skanderbeg, spreads across a plain red field, restored to its non-communist form in 1992 after the star above the eagle was dropped.
No documented visual overlap
Albania’s design isn’t a close visual match for any other current national flag. A few more flags from Europe, for browsing:
Further reading: Flag of Albania on Wikipedia