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The national colours of Greece are blue and white. Blue and white are also the national colours of Argentina, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, were the ancient national colours of Portugal, and are the colours of the United Nations. ==History== In March 1821, the Greek War of Independence broke out, an effort by the Greeks to free themselves from the Ottoman rule by declaring independence. The struggle to secure independence would continue until 1832. Later in the year, deputies from various provinces of Greece assembled at Piada (near Epidaurus, and today known as Nea Epidauros) in the First National Assembly to draft the first Greek Constitution, which was published on 1 January 1822. The Constitution of 1822 was the first of many which would lead to the modern Constitution. In addition to the constitution, the delegates selected Athens as the new national capital, though it had yet to be conquered from the Ottoman Empire. They also selected a new standard for the troops, a "white cross on an azure field", a new naval flag, and new national colours, sky blue and white; the new colours replaced those used by Alexander Ypsilantis, and the black used by the ''Filiki Eteria'', and were specified in the Constitution. The flag was raised at the Acrocorinth after its capture on 26 June 1822. In the Greco-Italian War, during which Italian forces occupied parts of Greece in 1940 and 1941, Greek civilians in Póthia would taunt the occupying forces by painting their houses in blue and white. Some houses still retain this colouration among the more typical pink and ochre buildings. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National colours of Greece」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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