List of Italian flags
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This is a list of flags used in Italy. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of Italy.
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[edit] National Flag
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January 1, 1948 | National flag and State ensign. | A vertical tricolor of green, white and red. |
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Civil ensign | The flag of Italy with a shield divided into four squares representing the four Maritime Republics of Italy: Venice (represented by the lion of St. Mark the evangelist, top left), Genoa (top right), Amalfi (bottom left), and Pisa (represented by their respective crosses).
The ensign is similar to the one used by the Marina Militare (Italian Navy), with the exception that the lion of Venice is carrying no sword, the emblem is not crowned and the book of the Gospel is open. |
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January 1, 1948 | National and State flag (Hanging) | The colours of the flag of Italy |
[edit] Presidential Standard
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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November 4, 2000- | Standard of the President | A squared blue flag, with in the middle the flag of the Napoleonic Republic of Italy, with the golden coat of arms of Italy on the green square. |
[edit] Prime Minister's Standard
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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?-present | Standard of the President of the Council of Ministers | A squared blue flag with two golden lines, and with the coat of arms of Italy (in natural colours) in the middle. |
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Naval Ensign | The flag of Italy with a naval crown and a shield divided into four squares representing the four Maritime Republics of Italy: Venice (represented by the lion, top left), Genoa (top right), Amalfi (bottom left), and Pisa (represented by their respective crosses) | |
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Naval jack | A squared flag divided into four squares representing the four Maritime Republics of Italy: Venice (represented by the lion of St. Mark the evangelist, top left), Genoa (top right), Amalfi (bottom left), and Pisa (represented by their respective crosses)
The ensign is similar to the civil ensign, with the exception that the lion of Venice is carrying a sword, the book of the Gospel is closed, and the emblem is crowned |
[edit] Historical
[edit] Pre-unitarian flags (until 1848)
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1440–1826 | Flag of the Republic of Cospaia | |
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1738-1848 | Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | A white flag with Two Sicilies coat of arms. |
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1796-1802 | Flag of the Transpadane Republic | An Italian tricolour |
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1797-1802 | Flag of the Cisalpine Republic | An Italian tricolour |
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1798-1802 | Flag of the Cispadane Republic | |
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1802-1805 | Flag of the Italian Republic | |
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1805-1812 | Flag of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy |
[edit] Independence and Kingdom of Italy
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1848-1946 | Flag of the Kingdom of Sardinia (and from 1861 of the Kingdom of Italy) | An Italian tricolour with Savoy's shield in the middle. |
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1861-1946 | The Bandiera di Stato (State's Flag) of the Kingdom of Italy. | An Italian tricolour with Savoy's shield and a Royal crown in the middle. |
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1836?-1962? | Flag of the Kingdom of Tavolara | On a white field a red shield with a distinctive golden six-pointed star, surmounted by a golden Tavolara crown. |
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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. |
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1848/1849 | Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | A white flag with Two Sicilies coat of arms, with red and green border. |
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1848-1849 | Flag of the Temporary Government of the Republic of Venice | An Italian tricolour with a white canton bearing the lion of Saint Mark |
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1849 | War flag of the Roman Republic. The state flag had no letters. | An Italian tricolour with two “R” (Repubblica Romana) in the center |
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1849-1860 | Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | A white flag with Two Sicilies coat of arms. |
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1860-1861 | Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | An Italian tricolour with the arms of the King of the Two Sicilies in the center |
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1943-1945 | Flag of the Italian Social Republic | Plain Italian tricolour. |
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1943-1945 | War flag of the Italian Social Republic | An Italian tricolour with dark-grey eagle clutching a fasces in the center. |
[edit] Regions of Italy
See: Flags of regions of Italy
