Albania Flag Stickerstockfree, Freepict PNG
Albania Flag Stickerstockfree, Freepict PNG
Flag Information
- red with a black two-headed eagle in the center
- he design is claimed to be that of 15th-century hero Georgi Kastrioti SKANDERBEG, who led a successful uprising against the Ottoman Turks that resulted in a short-lived independence for some Albanian regions (1443-78)
- an unsubstantiated explanation for the eagle symbol is the tradition that Albanians see themselves as descendants of the eagle
- they refer to themselves as "Shqiptare," which translates as "sons of the eagle"
