Flag of Italy

Use	National flag and state ensign.
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	January 1, 1948
Design	A vertical tricolor of green, white and red.

The flag of Italy (often referred to in Italian as Il Tricolore) is a tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical bands of green, white and red, with the green at the hoist side. Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... The design and description of flags typically uses specialised flag terminology with precise and technical meanings, and is hence a form of jargon. ... The Dannebrog, national flag of Denmark, is the oldest state flag still in use. ... It has been suggested that the section intro from the article Civil flag be merged into this article or section. ... Ensign of the Russian Navy An ensign is a distinguishing flag of a ship or a military unit, or a distinguishing token, emblem, or badge, such as a symbol of office. ... Ensign of the Imperial Japanese Navy. ... Image File history File links FIAV_111010. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... French tricolour flag A tricolour is a flag or banner having three colours, usually in approximately equal size (horizontally or vertically) and lacking additional symbols. ... For other uses, see Green (disambiguation). ... This article is about the color. ... For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). ... French tricolour flag A tricolour is a flag or banner having three colours, usually in approximately equal size (horizontally or vertically) and lacking additional symbols. ...

Meanings of the colors

An Italian flag patch.

The first entity to use the Italian flag was the Cispadane Republic in 1796, after Napoleon's army crossed Italy. During this time, many small republics based on the Jacobian model, were formed and almost all used the French tricolour with different colours. The colours chosen by the Cispadane Republic were red and white, the colours of the Flag of Milan, and green which was the colour of the uniform of the Lombard Legion [1]. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 513 pixelsFull resolution (1060 × 680 pixel, file size: 168 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Italian Flag Patch I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 513 pixelsFull resolution (1060 × 680 pixel, file size: 168 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Italian Flag Patch I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... A Shoulder Patch, officially known as a Shoulder Sleeve Insignia (SSI) by the US Institute for Heraldry, is a multi-colored or subdued heraldic device that uniquely identifies the major unit the soldier belongs to. ... Flag of the Repubblica Cispadana The Cispadane Republic (Italian: Repubblica Cispadana) was a short-lived republic located in Northern Italy, founded in 1796 with the protection of the French army, led by Napoleon Bonaparte. ... Napoléon I, Emperor of the French (born Napoleone di Buonaparte, changed his name to Napoléon Bonaparte)[1] (15 August 1769; Ajaccio, Corsica – 5 May 1821; Saint Helena) was a general during the French Revolution, the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from... The national flag of France (known in French as drapeau tricolore, drapeau bleu-blanc-rouge, drapeau français, rarely, le tricolore and, in military parlance, les couleurs) is a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue (hoist side), white, and red. ... Italy had use the colours of white and red from the flag of Milan. ...

Some have tried to attribute some particular values to the colours and a common interpretation is that the green represents the country's plains and the hills; white, the snowy Alps; and red, the blood spilt in the Italian Independence wars. A more religious interpretation is that the green represents hope, the white represents faith and the red represents charity. This interpretation references the three theological virtues. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... During the evolution of the process that would finally have brought to the Italian Unification (Risorgimento), the Italian Independence wars were three wars fought against Austria between 1848 and 1866 and ended with the conquest of the whole Italian territory. ... The three Theological Virtues listed in the Bible are: faith hope charity They are mentioned in 1 Corinthians 13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity (from the King James version) The New King James version and New International version translate...

History

Pre-unitarian flags (until 1848)

1796 - flag of the "Repubblica Transpadana" Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Repubblica_Transpadana. ... The Transpadane Republic was a French client republic in Northern Italy that lasted from 1796 to 17th July 1797. ...	1797 - flag of the "Repubblica Cispadana" Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Repubblica_Cispadana. ... Flag of the Repubblica Cispadana The Cispadane Republic (Italian: Repubblica Cispadana) was a short-lived republic located in Northern Italy, founded in 1796 with the protection of the French army, led by Napoleon Bonaparte. ...	1798 - flag of the "Repubblica Cisalpina" Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Repubblica_Cisalpina. ... The flag of the Cisalpine Republic was the Transpadane Republic vertical Italian tricolour, with the square shape of the Cispadane Republic The Cisalpine Republic (Italian: Repubblica Cisalpina) was a French client republic in Northern Italy that lasted from 1797 to 1802. ...	1802 - flag of the Napoleonic "Repubblica Italiana" Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Italian_Republic_(1802). ... Flag of the Napoleonic Italian Republic Italian Republic (It: Repubblica Italiana) was the name taken by the former Cisalpine Republic of north-central Italy in 1802, following the change in its constitution that allowed French First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte to become its president. ...
1805 - flag of the Napoleonic "Regno d'Italia" Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The flag of the Kingdom of Italy was a rectangular version of the flag of the Italian Republic, with Napoleons emblem on the green field. ...

When, in 1794 the French Army led by Napoleon Bonaparte entered Italy, both the new republic (Repubblica Transpadana, Transpadane Republic) and the military group attached to French army adopted flags similar to the Italian tricolor. Probably, the colors have been chosen according to Legione Lombarda flag: it summed Milan city colors (red and white) to the green of Milan Civic Guard uniforms. The same colors were adopted by the Legione Italiana, formed by soldiers coming from Emilia and Romagna. Bonaparte as general Napoleon Bonaparte ( 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution and was the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from November 11, 1799 to May 18, 1804, then as Emperor of the French (Empereur des... The Transpadane Republic was a French client republic in Northern Italy that lasted from 1796 to 17th July 1797. ... For other uses, see Milan (disambiguation). ... Emilia-Romagna is an administrative region of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. ... Emilia-Romagna is an administrative region of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. ...

The eighteenth-century Sala del Tricolore, now site of the Reggio Emilia Town Council. Here, on 7 January 1797, the first tricolor of the Repubblica Cispadana was adopted.

The first Italian tricolor was adopted on 7 January 1797, in Reggio Emilia, as official flag of the Repubblica Cispadana (Cispadane Republic). It was a horizontal tricolor, with red (top), white and green stripes; in the middle, an emblem composed by a quiver, accolade to a war trophy, with four arrows that symbolized the four provinces forming the Po federation; all within a crown of bay. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (819x614, 89 KB) Reggio Emilia, Sala del tricolore Picture taken by me in 2004 from it:wiki --Paolo da Reggio 11:23, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC) File links The following pages link to this file: Reggio Emilia Metadata This file contains... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (819x614, 89 KB) Reggio Emilia, Sala del tricolore Picture taken by me in 2004 from it:wiki --Paolo da Reggio 11:23, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC) File links The following pages link to this file: Reggio Emilia Metadata This file contains... Tricolor of the Repubblica Cispadana The Sala del Tricolore (Tricolor Room), currently used as council chamber of the Reggio Emilia comune, was designed to be the archive of the ducal family of Este, by the architect Lodovico Bolognini. ... is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1797 (MDCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Country Italy Region Emilia-Romagna Province Reggio Emilia (RE) Mayor Graziano Delrio (from July 1, 2004) Elevation 58 m Area 231 km² Population  - Total 141,383  - Density 612/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Reggiani Dialing code 0522 Postal code 42100 Frazioni see list Patron San Prospero  - Day... Flag of the Repubblica Cispadana The Cispadane Republic (Italian: Repubblica Cispadana) was a short-lived republic located in Northern Italy, founded in 1796 with the protection of the French army, led by Napoleon Bonaparte. ... For other uses, see Quiver (disambiguation). ...

The Repubblica Cispadana and the Repubblica Transpadana merged into the Repubblica Cisalpina (Cisalpine Republic), which adopted the vertical Italian tricolor without emblem in 1798, even if in a square shape. The flag was maintained until 1802, after the republic was renamed Repubblica Italiana (Italian Republic); in 1802 a new square flag was adopted, with a red field carrying a white rhombus and a green square in the middle of the white rhombus. The flag of the Cisalpine Republic was the Transpadane Republic vertical Italian tricolour, with the square shape of the Cispadane Republic The Cisalpine Republic (Italian: Repubblica Cisalpina) was a French client republic in Northern Italy that lasted from 1797 to 1802. ... Year 1798 (MDCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... --69. ...

In 1799, the Republic of Lucca came under French influence, and adopted as flag a green-white-red horizontal tricolor, up to 1801. 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Chrono Trigger character, see Lucca (Chrono Trigger). ... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ...

In 1805, after Napoleon had crowned himself French Emperor, the Repubblica Italiana was transformed into the Regno d'Italia (Kingdom of Italy), ruled by Napoleon himself; the flag of the Regno d'Italia was the Repubblica Italiana flag in rectangular shape, with Napoleon's eagle on the central white square. This flag was in use until the abdication of Napoleon in 1814. 1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Map of the First French Empire in 1811, with the Empire in dark blue and satellite states in light blue Capital Paris Language(s) French Government Monarchy Emperor  - 1804 - 1814/1815 Napoleon I  - 1814/1815 Napoleon II Legislature Parliament  - Upper house Senate  - Lower house Corps législatif Historical era Napoleonic... The flag of the Kingdom of Italy was a rectangular version of the flag of the Italian Republic, with Napoleons emblem on the green field. ... Year 1814 (MDCCCXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ...

Independence and Kingdom of Italy

1848 - flag of the Kingdom of Sardinia (and from 1861 of the Kingdom of Italy), with Savoyan coat of arms in the centre. Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy_(1861-1946). ... Kingdom of Sardinia, in 1839: Mainland Piedmont with Savoy, Nice, and Sardinia in the inset. ... Anthem Marcia Reale dOrdinanza (Royal March of Ordinance)¹ The Kingdom of Italy at the height of its power in 1940. ...	1848 - The Bandiera di Stato (State Flag) of the Kingdom of Sardinia (and later Italy). Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy_(1861-1946)_crowned. ...	1848 - flag of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany during the First Italian Independence war. The flag bears the coat of arms of the Habsburg-Lorraine family, decorated with Italian tricolours; note, however, that the coat of arms bears the red-white-red flag of Austria, the opponent of Italian unification. 1848 Grand Duchy of Tuscany flag. ... The Grand Duchy of Tuscany was a state in central Italy which came into existence in 1569, replacing the Duchy of Florence, which had been created out of the old Republic of Florence in 1532, and which annexed the Republic of Siena in 1557. ... During the evolution of the process that would finally have brought to the Italian Unification (Risorgimento), the Italian Independence wars were three wars fought against Austria between 1848 and 1866 and ended with the conquest of the whole Italian territory. ...	1848-49 - flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. It is the traditional flag of the Kingdom, white with Two Sicilies coat of arms, with red and green border. Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies 1848-49 Flag drawn by Jaume Ollé, from FOTW Flags Of The World website File links The following pages link to this file: Two Sicilies Flag of Italy Categories: Conditional use images ... The Two Sicilies The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was the new name that the Bourbon king Ferdinand IV of Naples gave to his domain (including Southern Italy and Sicily) after the end of the Napoleonic Era and the full restoration of his power in 1816. ...
1848-49 - flag of the Temporary Government of Venice. It is an Italian tricolour with a white canton bearing the lion of St. Mark. Flag of the Republic of Venice 1848-49 Flag drawn by Jaume Ollé, from FOTW Flags Of The World website File links The following pages link to this file: Flag of Italy Categories: Conditional use images ... Borders of the Republic of Venice in 1796 Capital Venice Language(s) Venetian, Latin Religion Roman Catholic Government Republic Doge  - 1789–97 Ludovico Manin History  - Established 697  - Treaty of Zara June 27, 1358  - Treaty of Leoben April 17, 1797 * Traditionally, the establishment of the Republic is dated to 697. ...	1849 - war flag of the "Repubblica Romana". The state flag had no letters. Image File history File links Military_flag_of_the_Roman_Republic_(19th_century). ... Military flag of the Roman Republic. ...	1860-61 - flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies 1860 Flag drawn by Jaume Ollé, from FOTW Flags Of The World website File links The following pages link to this file: Two Sicilies Flag of Italy Categories: Conditional use images ... The Two Sicilies The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was the new name that the Bourbon king Ferdinand IV of Naples gave to his domain (including Southern Italy and Sicily) after the end of the Napoleonic Era and the full restoration of his power in 1816. ...

Between the 1848 and 1861, a sequence of events led to the independence and unification of Italy (apart Venetian region, Rome, and Trento and Trieste, which were united to Italy in 1866, 1870 and 1918 respectively); this period is known as Risorgimento. Throughout this period, the tricolore was the symbol which united all the efforts of the Italian people towards freedom and independence. Year 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Venetia is a name used mostly in a historical context for the area of north-eastern Italy formerly under the control of the Republic of Venice and corresponding approximately to the present-day Italian administrative regions of the Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. ... Nickname: Motto: SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC Government  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area  - City 1,285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban 5... Trento (Italian: Trento; German: Trient; Latin: Tridentum; Note that many of the regions Italian languages/dialects use Trent or Trènt) is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. ... Trieste (Italian: Trieste; Slovenian, Croatian and Serbian: Trst; German: Triest) is a city and port in northeastern Italy right on the border with Slovenia. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Italian unification, also known as Risorgimento (resurrection), was a historical process by which the Kingdom of Sardinia (ruled by the Savoy dynasty with Turin as its capital) gradually conquered the Italian peninsula, including the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the Duchy of Modena, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, the Duchy...

1848-1849

In 1848, many states in Italy changed their flags to reflect the commitment of all Italians to the independence of their motherland. Year 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

The Italian tricolor was adopted as war flag of Kingdom of Sardinia army: it contained Savoy royal house's coat of arms in the white stripe. In his Proclamation to Lombard-Venetian people, Charles Albert of Savoy said that … in order to show more clearly with exterior signs the commitment to Italian unification, We [Charles Albert] want that our troops … have the Savoy shield superimposed on the Italian tricolor flag. Since the Savoy coat of arms had a white cross that mixed with the white stripe of the Italian tricolor, a border was added to the shield, blue as the color of the dynasty. Kingdom of Sardinia, in 1839: Mainland Piedmont with Savoy, Nice, and Sardinia in the inset. ... The House of Savoy or in Italian, La Casa di Savoia, or simply Casa Savoia, (or Savoie, French) is a dynasty of nobles who traditionally had their domain in Savoy, a region that includes present-day Piemonte, other parts of Northern Italy, and a smaller region in France. ... The Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia (Italian: ; German: ) (1815 - 1866) was established after the defeat of Napoleon, according to the decisions of the Congress of Vienna (9 June 1815). ... Charles Albert (October 2, 1798_July 28, 1849) was the Duke of Savoy, Piedmont, Aosta and King of Sardinia from 1831 to 1849. ... Italian unification (called in Italian the Risorgimento, or Resurgence) was the political and social process that unified disparate states of the Italian peninsula into the single nation of Italy. ...

In the same year, the Granducato di Toscana (Grand Duchy of Tuscany) became constitutional, and dropped the Austrian flag with Austria-Lorraine great coat of arms, in favour of the Italian tricolor with a simplified coat of arms. The Grand Duchy of Tuscany was a state in central Italy which came into existence in 1569, replacing the Duchy of Florence, which had been created out of the old Republic of Florence in 1532, and which annexed the Republic of Siena in 1557. ... Civil Flag Ratio: 2:3 State Flag Ratio: 2:3 The flag of Austria has three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and red. ...

The flag of the Regno delle Due Sicilie (Kingdom of the Two Sicilies), which was white with the Borbonic seal in the middle, was modified through the addition of a red and green border. This flag lasted from April 3 1848 to May 19, 1849. The Two Sicilies The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (Italian: il Regno delle Due Sicilie) was the new name that the Bourbon King Ferdinand IV of Naples bestowed upon his domain (including Southern Italy and the island of Sicily) after the end of the Napoleonic Era and the full restoration... is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

In the same year, Venetian people revolted against Austrian government, declaring the birth of the Venice Republic. The flag adopted marked the link to Italian independence and unification efforts; it was the Italian tricolor with, in the upper green canton, a white rectangle bordered with green/white/red colors and charged with the golden St. Mark's lion. Venetia is a name used mostly in a historical context for the area of north-eastern Italy formerly under the control of the Republic of Venice and corresponding approximately to the present-day Italian administrative regions of the Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. ...

In 1849, Repubblica Romana (Roman Republic) adopted the Italian tricolor with (on the war flag) a double black 'R' on the white stripe. the maning of life is that cheese is the most important thing ever! 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Military flag of the Roman Republic. ...

the birth of the Italian Republic. The birth of the Italian Republic (officially on June 2, 1946) is a key event of Italian contemporary history. ...

Italian Social Republic 1943-1945

The state flag of the Italian Social Republic, or Republic of Salo, was identical to the modern flag of the Italian Republic. The state flag was actually quite uncommon, while the war flag, which had a dark-grey eagle clutching fasces in the centre, was very common in propaganda. Anthem Giovinezza (The Youth)¹ Capital Salò Language(s) Italian Religion Roman Catholicism Government Republic Head of State Benito Mussolini Historical era World War II  - Established September 23, 1943  - Disestablished April 25, 1945 ¹ External link The Italian Social Republic (Repubblica Sociale Italiana or RSI) was a Nazi puppet state led by... Roman fasces. ...

The war flag of the Italian Social Republic

Image File history File links Flag_of_RSI.svg‎ File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Axis powers of World War II Flag of Italy Italian Social Republic Il Cuore nel Pozzo Kingdom of Italy (Savoy) ... Image File history File links Flag_of_RSI.svg‎ File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Axis powers of World War II Flag of Italy Italian Social Republic Il Cuore nel Pozzo Kingdom of Italy (Savoy) ...

Italian Republic

Standard of the President of the Italian Republic

Ensign of the Italian Navy, the Marina Militare

Civil ensign, used by private citizens at sea

In its current form, the Italian flag was adopted on 1 January 1948, with the introduction of the republican constitution, and the end of the rule of the House of Savoy over Italy. The Italian Constitution states (art. 12) that "The flag of the Republic is the Italian tricolor: green, white and red, in three vertical bands having equal dimensions". The universally adopted ratio is 2:3, while the war flags are squared. Image File history File links Presidential_flag_of_Italy. ... Image File history File links Presidential_flag_of_Italy. ... The President of the Italian Republic is the head of State of Italy, and represents national unity. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Italy. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Italy. ... Image File history File links FIAV_000001. ... Marina Militare naval jack Marina Militare (the Italian Navy) is one of the four branches of the military forces of Italy. ... Image File history File links Civil_Ensign_of_Italy. ... Image File history File links Civil_Ensign_of_Italy. ... Image File history File links FIAV_000100. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Italian Naval ensign is composed by the flag of Italy with a rostred crown and the Marina Militare emblem on the white third; the Merchant Navy (Marina Mercantile), use another version without the crown, and with the lion holding a book instead of a sword. The shield is divided into four squares representing the four great maritime republics of Italy: Venice (represented by the lion, top left), Genoa (top right), Amalfi (bottom left), and Pisa (represented by their respective crosses). Ensign of the Imperial Japanese Navy. ... The Rostra can be seen in the middle left of the photo. ... Marina Militare naval jack Marina Militare (the Italian Navy) is one of the four branches of the military forces of Italy. ... The term thalassocracy (from the Greek Θαλασσο-κρατία) refers to a state with primarily maritime realms—an empire at sea, such as the Phoenician network of merchant cities. ...

Also the President of the Italian Republic has an official standard. The current version is a squared blue flag, with in the middle the flag of the Italian Republic (Napoleonic), with the golden coat of arms of Italy on the green square. The President of the Italian Republic is the head of State of Italy, and represents national unity. ... Flag of the Napoleonic Italian Republic Italian Republic (It: Repubblica Italiana) was the name taken by the former Cisalpine Republic of north-central Italy in 1802, following the change in its constitution that allowed French First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte to become its president. ... Coat of Arms of the Italian Republic. ...

Flag day

In 1997, on the second centenary of the tricolore, January 7 was declared "National Flag Day" (Law no. 671, December 31, 1996). It is a celebratory day, though not a paid holiday. For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Two hundred year anniversary. ... is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Color specification

In March 2003, after 207 years in service, the colors of the Italian flag were officially specified, but later changed, after hot debates on the chosen shades. As of 2006, the official Pantone textile colors are [2]: 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the record label, see Pantone Music. ...

17-6153 TC    (fern green)

11-0601 TC    (bright white)

18-1662 TC    (flame scarlet)

The act to decree by law the "authentic" colors of the flag has been criticized by Alessandro Martinelli of Centro Italiano Studi Vessillologici (CISV) as lacking any historical meaning: The Centro Italiano Studi Vessillologici (Italian Centre of Vexillological Studies), or CISV, is a free, non-profit association of vexillology and heraldry lovers. ...

Similarities to other flags

Italian and Mexican flags

Given the superficial similarities between the two flags, it may be surmised that the Italian flag formed the basis for the flag of Mexico and that the Mexican coat of arms is the only difference between the two. However, the Italian flag actually uses lighter shades of green and red, and most importantly, the two have different aspect ratios. The Italian flag aspect ratio is 2:3, more rectangular in shape, while the Mexican flag is 4:7, resulting in a longer shape. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Flag of Mexico is a vertical tricolor of green, white, and red with the national coat of arms charged in the center of the white stripe. ... The Coat of Arms of Mexico has been an important symbol of Mexican politics and culture for centuries. ...

Given its possible derivation from the flag of France, the Italian tricolore is similar to many flags that have the same origin. The Italian flag is also similar to the Flag of Ireland, which is green, white and orange, and to the Côte d'Ivoire flag, which is, on the contrary, orange, white and green. The national flag of the Ireland (Irish: An Bhratach Náisiúnta), also known as the tricolour,[1] is a vertical tricolour of green (at the hoist), white, and orange. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Côte dIvoire features three equal vertical bands of orange (hoist side), white, and green. ...

See also

• List of Italian flags
• Flags of regions of Italy

This is a list of flags used in the Italy. ... This gallery of flags of regions of Italy shows the flags of the 20 Regions of Italy (five of them being autonomous regions). ...

References

• Italy at Flags of the World
• Law no. 671, December 31, 1996 (Italian)

Flags of the World (or FOTW) is an Internet-based vexillological organization and resource. ...

External links

• Il Tricolore at the Italian Republic Presidency website
• Centro Italiano Studi Vessillologici (Italian)
• Commemorative stamp for the 200th anniversary of the Italian tricolor