Tricolour Flag Museum
Established | 7 January 2004 |
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Location | Piazza Prampolini, 1 - Reggio Emilia, Italy |
Coordinates | 44°41′50″N 10°37′49″E / 44.69713°N 10.63038°E |
Website | www |
The Tricolour Flag Museum (
Reggio nell'Emilia, the city that saw the birth of the Italian flag in 1797, inside the town hall of the city, adjacent to the Sala del Tricolore, whose collection is made up of relics related to the Italian flag.[1]
History
The museum reconstructs the history of the
French flag, which at the time was a symbol of freedom against the states of the ancien régime
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The exhibitions
Inaugurated on 7 January 2004, it preserves documents, relics and Italian flags ranging from the arrival of
Italian unification
period. The part of the museum that houses the latter was inaugurated on 7 January 2006. The dating of the relics preserved goes back to 1897, the year of the first centenary of the Italian flag. There are also a large number of tricolor flags of the Italian pre-unification States.
Gallery
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Interior of the museum
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Interior of the museum
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Interior of the museum
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Interior of the museum
Bibliography
- Busico, Augusta (2005). Il tricolore: il simbolo la storia (in Italian). Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, Dipartimento per l'informazione e l'editoria. p. 207. SBN IT\ICCU\UBO\2771748.
References
- ISBN 978-88-7993-057-4.