βοΈThe big shield is a red-and-white checkerboard of 25 squares, starting with red in the top-left corner. Croatians call it the Ε‘ahovnica, from their word for chess.
πThe five small shields on top are a crown, one for each historic region: Croatia (star and moon), Dubrovnik (red stripes), Dalmatia (three lions' heads), Istria (a goat) and Slavonia (a marten).
π¨The three stripe colours β red, white and blue β are the traditional Pan-Slavic colours, shared with several other flags in the region.
ποΈCroatia has a long coastline on the Adriatic Sea with over a thousand islands, which makes it a very popular place for holidays.