The traditional ballad " The Rose of England" ( Child 166) recounts the seizure of the crown by Earl of Richmond (who became Henry VII of England, the founder of the Tudor dynasty), using the "red rose" as an allegory for Henry. The Tudor dynasty created the Tudor rose, which united both the white and the red roses, a symbolism dramatized by Shakespeare in his play Richard III. The rose is the national flower of England, a usage dating back to the English civil wars of the fifteenth century (later called Wars of the Roses), in which a red rose represented the House of Lancaster, and a white rose represented the House of York. The town's name in literal translation is "Hill of roses". England The Tudor rose The rose as a heraldic symbol: the coat of arms of Ružomberok in Slovakia. In Europe Spain Selling roses on St George's Day in Catalonia, SpainĬatalans in the north eastern of Spain have traditionally celebrated Saint George's Day (April 23) – which commemorates Saint George ( Sant Jordi), the patron saint of the Catalonia region as the dia dels enamorats ("lovers' day"), on which lovers exchange blood-red roses.
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