What is Coat of arms of Hungary?
[[Image:Coat of arms of Hungary.svg|right|250px]] The '''coat of arms of [[Hungary]]''' was adopted on 3 July 1990,<ref>{{cite web|title=1990. évi XLIV. törvény a Magyar Köztársaság Alkotmányának módosításáról|trans-title=Act XLIV of 1990 on the Amendment of the Constitution of the Hungarian Republic|url=https://hu.wikisource.org/wiki/1990._évi_XLIV._törvény|website=hu.wikisource.org|access-date=12 February 2017|language=hu}}</ref> after the end of the [[Communist state|communist rule]], although it has been used before, both with and without the [[Holy Crown of Hungary]], sometimes as part of a larger, more complex coat of arms, and many of its elements date back to the [[Middle Ages]]. It has four [[red]] and [[white]] stripes. Traditionally, the silver stripes represent four rivers: [[Danube|Duna]] (Danube), [[Tisza]], [[Drava|Dráva]], and [[Sava|Száva]].<ref>Betsy Dru Tecco: How to Draw Hungary's Sights and Symbols, The Rosen Publishing Group, New York, 2005 [https://books.google.com/books?id=n6vV6VQHMcAC&q=%22The%20four%20silver%20stripes%22&pg=PA18]</ref> It is an white double [[cross]] on a red shield, inside a small [[Gold (color)|golden]] [[crown]], the crown is on the middle [[heap]] of three [[green]] [[hill]]s, representing the mountain ranges [[Tatra mountains|Tatra]], [[Mátra]], and Fátra (made up of the [[Veľká Fatra]] and [[Malá Fatra]] ranges).<ref>Betsy Dru Tecco: How to Draw Hungary's Sights and Symbols, The Rosen Publishing Group, New York, 2005 [https://books.google.com/books?id=n6vV6VQHMcAC&q=%22The%20three%20green%20hills%22&pg=PA18]</ref> == Related pages == * [[Flag of Hungary]] == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:National coats of arms|Hungary]] {{europe-stub}} [[Category:National symbols of Hungary]]