Flag of Italy
The flag of Italy (Italian: Bandiera d'Italia) is a three colour flag. It has three same-sized strips of green, white, and red, in order from left to right. Its current form was adopted on the 1st of January 1948. In Italy it is called the Tricolore.[1]
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| Proportion | 2:3 |
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| Adopted | 18 June 1946 |
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The cockade of France, which originated and spread among the revolts of the French Revolution
The cockade of Italy, on which the national colours of Italy were based in 1789
The war flag of the Lombard Legion, which was the first military unit to adopt the three Italian national colours
Flag of the Cispadane Republic, which was the first Italian tricolour adopted by a sovereign Italian state (1797)
Giuseppe Compagnoni, considered the "father of the Italian flag"
The Sala del Tricolore, which later became the council hall of the municipality of Reggio Emilia, where the Italian flag was born on 7 January 1797
The Five Days of Milan (1848), of which one of the symbols was the tricolour
The flag adopted by the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia in 1848
Tricolour flag donated by the women of Milan to King Charles Albert of Piedmont-Sardinia during the First Italian War of Independence (1848–1849). It is displayed at the Royal Armoury of Turin.
The green leaves, white flowers and red berries of the strawberry tree, whose colours recall the flag of Italy: for this reason this bush is considered one of the Italian national symbols. The strawberry tree is the national tree of Italy.
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References
- ↑ Ghiringhelli, Peter (2010-08-16). A British Boy in Fascist Italy. History Press. ISBN 978-0-7524-9677-1.
