City Municipality of Pantelej
Nišava District, Region of Southern and Eastern Serbia
- Bearer
- City Municipality of Pantelej
- Adopted
- 9 August 2005
- Grad
- City of Niš
- District
- Nišava District
- Region
- Region of Southern and Eastern Serbia
- Eparchy
- Eparchy of Niš
- Official website
- pantelej.org.rs
The City Municipality of Pantelej, one of the five parts of the City of Niš, uses an unheraldic emblem in the shape of a shield with the inscription “Град Ниш – ГО Пантелеј” and the year 2004, and a white flag with that emblem in the centre. The emblem was adopted on 9 August 2005. The ground of the emblem is the Serbian tricolour, and at its centre is a bell tower.
Blazon
An emblem in the shape of a shield with a crenellated upper edge and the inscription “Град Ниш – ГО Пантелеј”; the field is divided in the colours of the Serbian tricolour, with a broad red and narrower blue and white bands. In the centre a light brown bell tower with a cross on top, to its right a grey double-headed eagle with a small red shield on its breast, and to the left a Chi-Rho; in the blue band the year 2004, and in the white base three vine leaves.
A white flag with the emblem of the municipality in the centre.
Symbolism and meaning
According to the municipality's interpretation, the three vine leaves at the foot of the bell tower denote viticulture, for which the municipality is known, and the crown and battlements of the Niš Fortress in the upper part represent a symbolic link with the city.
