State Flag Square
{{Short description|Square in Minsk, Belarus}}
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|image=State Flag Square in Minsk.jpg
|image_map=State flag square, Minsk.svg
|completion_date=2 July 2013
|location=Victors Avenue
|type=Square
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State Flag Square ({{langx|be|Плошча Дзяржаўнага сцяга}}) is a square on Victors Avenue{{Cite web|url=http://www.belarus.by/en/press-center/news/state-flag-square-inaugurated-in-minsk_i_6648.html|title=The State Flag Square is located on Pobeditelei Avenue}} in the city of Minsk, the capital of Belarus. It sits between the avenue and the BelExpo Exhibition Center.{{Cite web|url=http://naviny.by/en/rubrics/english/2013/07/03/ic_articles_259_182237|title=It lies between Victors Avenue and a renovated BelExpo exhibition center.}}
Notable events
= Inauguration of the Square =
The Square was opened by President Alexander Lukashenko and Lao President Choummaly Sayasone{{Cite web|url=http://www.belarus.by/en/press-center/news/state-flag-square-inaugurated-in-minsk_i_6648.html|title=Attending the ceremony was President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Choummaly Sayasone who is in Belarus on an official visit.}}{{Cite web|url=http://naviny.by/en/rubrics/english/2013/07/03/ic_articles_259_182237|title=Laotian President Choummaly Sayasone, who arrived in Belarus on a state visit the day before, was also in attendance.}} on 2 July 2013, during a ceremony on the square.{{Cite web|url=http://www.belarus.by/en/press-center/news/state-flag-square-inaugurated-in-minsk_i_6648.html|title=State Flag Square inaugurated in Minsk {{!}} Latest news of Belarus - politics, society, culture, sport {{!}} Belarus News {{!}} Belarusian news {{!}} Belarus today {{!}} Belarus.by|website=www.belarus.by|language=en|access-date=2017-07-01}}
= Events of state =
- State Flag and Coat of Arms Day celebrations.{{Cite web|url=http://www.belarus.by/en/press-center/news/state-flag-square-inaugurated-in-minsk_i_6648.html|title=The State Flag Square will be used to mark the State Flag and Coat of Arms Day, patriotic events, and take foreign delegations to.}}
- Patriotic events, such as Independence Day.
- Ceremonies for foreign delegations.
= Other events =
Many of the demonstrations during the 2020 Belarusian protests took place on the square.{{Cite web|title=Протестующие направились от стелы "Минск - город-герой" к площади Государственного флага|url=https://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/9269383|access-date=2020-09-07|website=ТАСС}}
Flag
The state flag of Belarus, on a {{convert|70|m|adj=on}} high flagstaff, is {{convert|14|m}} long and {{convert|7|m}} wide.{{Cite web|url=http://naviny.by/en/rubrics/english/2013/07/03/ic_articles_259_182237|title=70-meter-high staff displaying a 14-meter-wide and seven-meter-tall national flag.}} The flag is made with special waterproof fabric and weighs {{convert|25|kg|lb}}.{{Cite news|url=http://www.ctv.by/na-respublikanskiy-subbotnik-vyshli-aleksandr-lukashenko-i-chinovniki|title=Президент Беларуси внес свой вклад в реконструкцию Площади Флага в Минске|work=НОВОСТИ|access-date=2017-07-02}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ctv.by/na-respublikanskiy-subbotnik-vyshli-aleksandr-lukashenko-i-chinovniki|title=However, the size and enjoy himself flag 100 square meters, weighing 25 kilograms.}} The width of the flagpole is {{convert|30|cm}} at the top, and {{convert|50|cm}} at the bottom.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ctv.by/na-respublikanskiy-subbotnik-vyshli-aleksandr-lukashenko-i-chinovniki|title=The width of the flagpole - 30 centimeters at the top and a half meter at the bottom.}}
See also
References
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