Flags of regions of Italy

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The twenty

gonfalone; more recently they have taken into use normal flags as well. Many regional flags were adopted on 4 November 1995 for National Unity and Armed Forces Day of Italy
.

Ordinary regions

Flag Adoption Region Description
21 May 1999 Abruzzo A burgundy field with the coat of arms of Abruzzo in the centre. White represents the snowy mountains, green the hills of the region, and blue the Adriatic Sea.[1][2]
10 August 2001
(modified in 2011)
Apulia
6 April 1999 Basilicata The flag is the coat of arms of Basilicata superimposed on the a field of azure. An unofficial variant has "Regione Basilicata" above the coat of arms, a gold-bordered white shield with four blue waves, representing the four major rivers of the region: the Basento, Agri, Bradano and Sinni.[6][7]
21 May 1999 Calabria The flag is the coat of arms of Calabria superimposed on the a field of blue, with the words "Regione Calabria" above and below the arms. The coat of arms, adopted on 15 June 1992, is a disc, quartered in saltire, with, clockwise from the top, a pine tree, a Teutonic cross, a light blue truncated Doric column and a Byzantine cross.[8][9]
21 July 1971 Campania
4 November 1995 Emilia-Romagna The emblem of the region superimposed upon a field of white, with a red bar and the words "Regione Emilia-Romagna" below. The emblem represents the geographical profile of the region. According to the designer, the curved line represents the Po river and nature, while the straight line represents the road and the work of man. The green colour represents that of the Po Valley.[11][12][13]
1995 Lazio The flag is the coat of arms of Lazio surrounded by laurel and olive branches, surmounted by a golden crown on a sky-blue field with the words "Regione Lazio" in gold.[14][15][16] The coat of arms of the Lazio region consists of an octagon edged in gold in which the coat of arms of the province of Rome are inserted in the centre and the coats of arms of the provinces of Frosinone, Latina, Rieti and Viterbo tied together by a tricolour ribbon.[17]
7 July 1997 Liguria
4 February 2019 (de jure)
12 June 1975 (de facto)
Lombardy
4 November 1995 Marche
12 June 1975 Molise The flag is a field of light blue, with the coat of arms of the region (red with a diagonal silver band and an eight-pointed white star in the canton) in the centre. The words "Regione Molise" are in gold below.[29][30][31]
24 November 1995 Piedmont
3 February 1995 Tuscany The flag depicts a silver Pegasus rampant on a white field between two horizontal red bands. The Pegasus image on the flag derives from a coin made by the Florentine artist Benvenuto Cellini in 1537. This coin was created by Cellini in order to honour Cardinal Pietro Bembo.[34] Bembo was instrumental in the development of the Tuscan language as a literary medium and was honoured with the representation of Pegasus due to its symbolism and ties with creation.[35] As a result, the Pegasus came to be associated as a symbol of the Tuscan region.[34]
18 March 2004 Umbria
20 May 1975
(modified in 22 February 1999)
Veneto

Autonomous regions

Flag Adoption Region Description
16 March 2006 Aosta Valley
17 October 2001 Friuli-Venezia Giulia
1950
(modified in 15 April 1999)
Sardinia
4 January 2000 Sicily
12 June 1975 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol The flag of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol consists of a coat of arms, containing two eagles of San Venceslao (Trentino) and two Tyrolean red eagles (Alto Adige), historical symbols of the two provinces, which stand out against a white and blue background.[45][46]

See also

References

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