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The Flag of Italy, also known as Tricolore, is a tricolour containing three vertical bands of green, white, and red (left, or hoist side, to right). Together with the national anthem, Il Canto degli Italiani (better known as Fratelli d'Italia) is the symbol of Italy. Download high resolution version (1200x800, 1 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Austria Arsenal F.C. A.S. Roma A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Belgium Czech Republic Cyprus Economy of the Czech Republic Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. European Union Estonia European Parliament Talk:European Union... Download high resolution version (1200x800, 1 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Austria Arsenal F.C. A.S. Roma A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Belgium Czech Republic Cyprus Economy of the Czech Republic Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. European Union Estonia European Parliament Talk:European Union... FIAV usage code 56 See Vexillological symbols for its meaning File links The following pages link to this file: Flag of France Flag of Luxembourg Flag of Nepal Flag of Burkina Faso Flag of Poland Flag of the Vatican City Flag of Australia Solomon Islands Flag of Chad Flag of... A tricolour is a flag or banner having three colours, usually in approximately equal size (horizontally or vertically) and lacking additional symbols. ... Il Canto degli Italiani (The Song of the Italians) is the Italian national anthem. ...

Meanings of Colours

The colours represent the three cardinal virtues:

• Green = Hope
• White = Faith
• Red = Charity

Look up Green in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Green is a color seen commonly in nature. ... Hope is a desire for something to happen, while expecting or being confident that it will come true. ... White is a color (more accurately it contains all the colors of the visible spectrum and is sometimes described as an achromatic color—black is the absence of color) that has high brightness but zero hue. ... This article discusses faith in a religious context. ... Red is a color at the lowest frequencies of light discernible by the human eye. ... Allegorical personification of Charity as a mother with three infants by Anthony van Dyck Charity is a term in Christian theology (one of the three theological virtues), meaning loving kindness towards others; it is held to be the ultimate perfection of the human spirit, because it is said to both...

Similarities to other Flags

Given its derivation from the flag of France, Italian tricolore is similar to all the flags that have the same origin. Among the others, the Italian flag is similar to the Flag of Ireland, which is green, white and orange, and is the opposite of the Côte d'Ivoire flag, which is orange, white and green. It shows also resemblance with the flag of Mexico. The Irish tricolour (flag ratio: 1:2). ...

History

Pre-unitarian flags (until 1848)

1796 - flag of the "Repubblica Transpadana" Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... 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" Flag of the Repubblica Cispadana File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Flag of the Repubblica Cispadana The Cispadane Republic (Repubblica Cispadana) was a short-lived republic located in Northen Italy, founded in 1796 with the protection of the French army, led by Napoleon Bonaparte. ...	1798 - flag of the "Repubblica Cisalpina" Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... 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" Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... 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. ...

As the case of other flags, also this flag was derived by the flag of France, adopted with the French Revolution of 1789. When, in 1796, the French Army led by Napoleon Bonaparte entered into Italy, both the new republic (Repubblica Transpadana, Transpadane Republic) and the military group attached to French army adopted the flags similar to the Italian tricolour. 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. Flag Ratio: 2:3 The national flag of France (Vexillological symbol: , known in French as le drapeau tricolore, le drapeau bleu-blanc-rouge, le drapeau de la France, rarely, le tricolore and, colloquially, les couleurs) is a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue (hoist side), white, and red. ... The period of the French Revolution is very important in the history of France and the world. ... 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. ... 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 Français... The Transpadane Republic was a French client republic in Northern Italy that lasted from 1796 to 17th July 1797. ... Location within Italy Piazza della Scala Milan (Italian: Milano; Milanese dialect: Milán) is the main city in northern Italy, and is located in the plains of Lombardy, the most populated and developed of Italian regions. ... 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 first Italian tricolour was adopted on 7 January 1797, in Reggio Emilia, as official flag of the Repubblica Cispadana (Cispadane Republic). It was a horizontal tricolour, 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. January 7 is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1797 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Reggio Emilia is a town of North Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. ... Flag of the Repubblica Cispadana The Cispadane Republic (Repubblica Cispadana) was a short-lived republic located in Northen Italy, founded in 1796 with the protection of the French army, led by Napoleon Bonaparte. ...

The Repubblica Cispadana and the Repubblica Transpadana merged into the Repubblica Cisalpina (Cisalpine Republic), which adopted the vertical Italian tricolour without emblem in 1798, even if in a square shape. The flag was mantained 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. ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1799, the Republic of Lucca came under French influence, and adopted as flag a green-white-red horizontal tricolour, up to 1801. 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Lucca (population 90,000) is a city in Tuscany, northern central Italy, near (but not on) the Ligurian Sea. ... 1801 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

After Napoleon became emperor, in 1805, the Repubblica Italiana was turned into 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). ... 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. ... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Independence and Kingdom of Italy

1848 - flag of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany during the First Italian Independence war 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 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 Republic of Venice 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 ... The Most Serene Republic of Venice was a city-state in Venetia in Northeastern Italy, based around the city of Venice. ...	1849 - flag of the "Repubblica Romana" Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... See also ancient Roman Republic and Roman Republic (18th century). ...
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. ...	1861 - flag of the Kingdom of Italy, with Savoy's coat of arms in the middle Download high resolution version (2250x1500, 14 KB)Flag of the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1946. ... There have been several entities known as the Kingdom of Italy. ...

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. Throught all this period, the tricolore was the symbol which united all the efforts of the Italian people towards freedom and independence. 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 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. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1... A view of Trento from Castello del Buonconsiglio. ... Location within Italy Trieste (Latin Tergeste, Slovenian and Croatian Trst, German and Friulian Triest) is a city in northeastern Italy, capital of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region and Trieste province, population 211,184 (2001). ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for 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

As regards Italian flag history, 1848 is a very important year, since many states in Italy changed their flags to reflect the commitment of all Italians to their motherland independence. 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The Italian tricolour 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 tropps … have the Savoy shield superimposed on the Italian tricolour flag. Kingdom of Sardinia, in 1839: Mainland Piedmont, with Savoia upper left (pink) and Nizza (Nice) lower left (brown) both now French, and Sardinia in the inset The Kingdom of Sardinia is a former kingdom in Italy. ... The House of Savoy was a dynasty of nobles who traditionally had their domain in Savoy, a region between Piedmont, Italy, France and French-speaking Switzerland. ... Charles Albert (October 2, 1798_July 28, 1849) was the Duke of Savoy, Piedmont, Aosta and King of Sardinia from 1831 to 1849. ...

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 tricolour 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. ...

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 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. ...

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 tricolour with, in the upper green canton, a white rectangle bordered with green/white/red colours 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 tricolour with (on the war flag) a double black 'R' on the white stripe. 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... See also ancient Roman Republic and Roman Republic (18th century). ...

Kingdom of Italy - 1860-1861

In 1860, a new version of the flag of the Regno delle Due Sicilie was adopted: the Italian tricolour with Borbonic seal on the white stripe. Adopted on June 21 1860, dismissed in March 1861, with the kingdom being incorporated into Regno d'Italia (Kingdom of Italy). 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ...

On 15 April 1861, Kingdom of Sardinia/Piedmont flag (the Italian tricolour with Savoy's coat of arms) is declared national flag of the newly-formed Regno d'Italia (Kingdom of Italy). April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

The Italian tricolour with Savoy's coat of arms was the Italian flag for 85 years, until the fall of the royal house of Italy.

Italian Republic

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 stripes of the same dimension;" the universally adopted ratio is 2:3, while the war flags are squared. January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Ensign of the Marina Militare.

Italian military navy ensign is composed by the flag of Italy with a crown and the Marina Militare emblem on the white third; merchant ships use another version without the crown. Ensign of the Marina Militare. ... Ensign of the Marina Militare. ... FIAV usage code 03 See Vexillological symbols for its meaning File links The following pages link to this file: Flag of Italy Categories: GFDL images ... Marina Militare Italiana (Italian Navy) is one of the four divisions of the military forces of Italy. ... An ensign is a distinguishing token, emblem, badge, or flag such as a symbol of office. ...

In March 2003, after 207 years in service, its colours have been specified, and now the official pantone colors are 18-5642 TC (green), 11-4201 TC (white) and 18-1660 TC (red). Pantone Inc. ...