City of Prokuplje
Toplica District, Region of Southern and Eastern Serbia
- Bearer
- City of Prokuplje
- District
- Toplica District
- Region
- Region of Southern and Eastern Serbia
- Eparchy
- Eparchy of Niš
- Official website
- prokuplje.org.rs
The City of Prokuplje uses a pseudo-heraldic emblem in the shape of a shield, divided by a gold cross into four fields that together form one picture: a fortification on a hill, the year 1395, a river and, in the centre, a circle surrounded by nine smaller circles. The name of the city is written in the chief. The emblem stands on a blue flag, which exists in a horizontal and a vertical variant.
Blazon
A shield with a gold border and a gold chief bearing the blue inscription “ПРОКУПЉЕ”; the field is divided by a gold cross into four parts: in the first, silver, a dark blue hill with a building and a tower with a pointed roof; in the second, silver, the dark blue year “1395”; in the third and fourth, dark blue, two silver wavy bands each. Over the centre of the cross a dark blue square with a silver border, containing a silver circle surrounded by nine smaller silver circles.
A blue flag with the city's arms in the centre; it is used in both horizontal and vertical form.
Symbolism and meaning
The hill with the building and tower represents the fortification and the Church of Saint Procopius on Hisar, above the city, and the year 1395 the oldest known mention of Prokuplje. The silver wavy bands denote the River Toplica, which flows through the city. The large circle with nine smaller ones around it represents Jug Bogdan and his nine sons, who, according to tradition, lived in the fortress above Prokuplje.
