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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Flags [edit]
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1 January 1948 | National flag | A vertical tricolour of green, white, and red (proportions 3:2). |
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9 November 1947 | Civil ensign | The flag of Italy with a shield divided into four squares representing the four Maritime Republics: Venice (represented by the Lion of St. Mark, 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 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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24 October 2003 | State ensign | The flag of Italy with the State Emblem. |
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9 November 1947 | Naval Ensign | The flag of Italy with a naval crown and a shield divided into four squares representing the four Maritime Republics: Venice (represented by the lion, top left), Genoa (top right), Amalfi (bottom left), and Pisa (represented by their respective crosses). |
Standards [edit]
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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4 November 2000 | Standard of the President of Italy | A squared blue flag, with in the middle the flag of the Napoleonic Republic of Italy, with the golden Emblem of Italy on the green square. |
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1992–2000 | Standard of the President of Italy | |
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1990–1992 | Standard of the President of Italy | |
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1965–1990 | Standard of the President of Italy | |
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Standard of a Substitute President of Italy | ||
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17 July 2008 | Standard of the Prime Minister of Italy | A squared blue flag with two golden lines and with the Emblem of Italy (in natural colours) in the middle. |
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Standard of the Minister of Defence | ||
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Standard of the Civil Authorities |
Historical [edit]
Pre-unitarian flags (until 1848) [edit]
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1440–1826 | Flag of the Republic of Cospaia | |
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1738–1860 | 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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1805–1814 | Flag of the Kingdom of Italy |
Independence and Kingdom of Italy [edit]
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1848–1946 | Flag of the Kingdom of Sardinia (and from 1861 of the Kingdom of Italy) | An Italian tricolour with House of Savoy shield in the middle |
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1861–1946 | Naval ensign of the Regia Marina | An Italian tricolour with Savoy shield and Royal crown in the middle |
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1860–1946 | War flag of the Regio Esercito | A squared Italian tricolour with Savoy shield and simplified Royal crown in the middle |
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1879–1900 | Naval jack of the Regia Marina | A squared Savoy shield with blue border |
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1900–1946 | Naval jack of the Regia Marina | A rectangular Savoy shield with blue border |
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1880–1946 | Royal Standard of the King of Italy | |
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1880–1946 | Royal Standard of the Prince of Piedmont | |
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1927–1943 | Standard of Benito Mussolini | |
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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 Republic of San Marco | 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 |
Regions of Italy [edit]
Main article: Flags of regions of Italy
| Flag | Year of adoption | Use | Description |
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Flag of Abruzzo | ||
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2006 | Flag of Aosta Valley | |
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2001 | Flag of Apulia | |
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1995 | Flag of Basilicata | |
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1995 | Flag of Calabria | |
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Flag of Campania | ||
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1995 | Flag of Emilia-Romagna | |
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2001 | Flag of Friuli-Venezia Giulia | |
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Flag of Lazio | ||
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1985 | Flag of Liguria | |
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1975 | Flag of Lombardy | |
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1995 | Flag of Marche | |
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Flag of Molise | ||
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2004 | Flag of Piedmont | |
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Flag of Sardinia | ||
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2000 | Flag of Sicily | |
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1995 | Flag of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol | |
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Flag of Tuscany | ||
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2004 | Flag of Umbria | |
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1999 | Flag of Veneto |
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References [edit]
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