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The twenty Italian regions (including five autonomous regions) each have their own arms, as well as their own gonfalone; more recently they have taken into use normal flags as well. Many regional flags were adopted on 4 November 1995 for Armed Forces Day of Italy.

Regions

Flag Year of adoption Use Description
1999 Flag of 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]
2001
(modified in 2011) 		Flag of Apulia A white field with the words Regione Puglia ("Apulia Region") in gold letters at the top center, with the coat of arms of Apulia below; a green stripe towards the hoist-side, and a red stripe towards the fly-side.[3] The shield, mounted by the crown of Frederick II, is composed of six bezants (coins) at the top, representing the six provinces of Apulia; prior to the creation of the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani in 2009, there were only five bezants;[4][5]; an octagon, representing the Castel del Monte built by Frederick II;[3] an olive tree, a symbol of peace and brotherhood and a common feature of the Apulian countryside.[3] The stripes of green and red, set against the white background, are a reference to the national flag of Italy.
1995 Flag of 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]
1995 Flag of 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]
Flag of Campania The flag is the coat of arms of Campania superimposed on the a field of azure. The coat of arms of Campania has as its coat of arms the one that the Maritime Republic of Amalfi gave itself at its dawn. This coat of arms consists of a red band on a white field.[10]
1995 Flag of 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]
Flag of 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]
1997 Flag of Liguria The flag is the coat of arms of Liguria superimposed on tricolour green, red and blue field. Each colour of thew field has the following meaning:[18] the green represents the Ligurian Alps and the Ligurian Apennines; the red represents the blood shed for Italian unification; the blue represents the Ligurian Sea. At the center of the flag is the coat of arms of Liguria: a stylized caravel, symbolizing the maritime traditions of the region and its great navigators, positioned below the historical flag of the Republic of Genoa (the current flag of the modern-day city of Genoa). The four six-pointed stars imposed on the Genovese flag represent the four provinces of Liguria: the Province of Genoa, the Province of Imperia, the Province of La Spezia, and the Province of Savona.[19]
1975 Flag of Lombardy The flag is a field of green, representing the Po Valley, with the Rosa Camuna (a symbol of the region derived from a prehistoric drawing made by the ancient Camuni) in white in the centre, representing the light.[20][21][22]
1995 Flag of Marche The flag of Marche bears a stylized woodpecker, overlapping a black shape to form a capital letter M, against a green-bordered shield with a white field.[23][24] The woodpecker was the tribal totem of the Picentes, an Italic tribe who lived in most of the territory of present-day Marche. The bird's connection to the region is attested to in Greek and Roman literature.[25][26]
1975 Flag of 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.[27][28][29]
1995 Flag of Piedmont The flag has a red field with a blue border, and a white cross is located in the field. The upper part of the flag shows the heraldic sign of succession, indicating that the Duke of Piedmont was the eldest son of the then Kingdom of Sardinia.
1995 Flag of Tuscany A white field with a silver Pegasus rampant in the center between two red horizontal bands.
2004 Flag of Umbria A green field with the regional symbol in the center with the stylization of the three candles of the Corsa dei Ceri held in Gubbio in province of Perugia on 15 May every year in honor of Sant'Ubaldo Baldassini.
1975
(modified in 1999) 		Flag of Veneto The arms of Regione del Veneto on a Pompeian red background; on the fly edge, seven tails bearing the coat of arms of the seven province capitals of Veneto.

Autonomous regions

Flag Year of adoption Use Description
2006 Flag of Aosta Valley A vertical bicolour of black and red.
2001 Flag of Friuli-Venezia Giulia A golden eagle on a blue field, resting on an ancient city.
1950
(modified in 1999) 		Flag of Sardinia Four moors head in St. George's cross.
2000 Flag of Sicily Divided diagonally from the upper hoist-side corner; the upper triangle is red and the lower triangle is yellow; in the center is the Sicilian triskelion featuring the winged head of Medusa with three ears of wheat protruding from it.
1995 Flag of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol A horizontal bicolour of white and blue, with the coat of arms of Trentino-South Tyrol superimposed on top.

See also

References

  1. ^ Raeside, Rob (2017-09-04). "Abruzzo Region (Italy)". Flags of the World. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Abruzzo". Bandiere Dalvivo. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Stemma regionale" (in Italian). Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  4. ^ Vagnat, Pascal (31 December 2012). "Apulia Region (Italy)". Flags of the World. Retrieved 12 October 2019. The official flag adopted on the 10th August 2001 is white with the coat of arms in the middle (3/5 of the height of the flag) and a green stripe on its left and a red one on its right.
  5. ^ Kuipers, Ludo. "Puglia". Oz Outback. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  6. ^ Raeside, Rob (2017-09-04). "Basilicata Region (Italy)". Flags of the World. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Basilicata | Flag | Italy | OzOutback". OzOutback. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  8. ^ Raeside, Rob (2012-12-31). "Calabria Region (Italy)". Flags of the World. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Calabria | Flag | Italy | OzOutback". OzOutback. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Legge Regionale del 21 luglio 1971, n. 1" (PDF). consiglio.regione.campania.it. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  11. ^ Raeside, Rob (2013-01-20). "Emilia-Romagna Region (Italy)". Flags of the World. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  12. ^ "Emilia-Romagna | Flag Identifier". Flag Identifier. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  13. ^ "Emilia Romagna". Bandiere Dalvivo. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  14. ^ Raeside, Rob (2012-12-31). "Latium Region (Italy)". Flags of the World. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Lazio". Bandiere Dalvivo. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  16. ^ "Lazio | Flag | Italy | OzOutback". OzOutback. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  17. ^ "Adozione dello stemma e del gonfalone della Regione Lazio ai sensi dell' articolo 2 dello Statuto" (in Italian). Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  18. ^ "La classifica delle BANDIERE PIÙ BELLE delle REGIONI del Nord Italia" (in Italian). Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  19. ^ "Bandiera della Liguria" (in Italian). Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  20. ^ Raeside, Rob (2018-03-03). "Lombardy Region (Italy)". Flags of the World. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  21. ^ "Lombardy". Bandiere Dalvivo. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  22. ^ "Lombardia | Flag | Italy | OzOutback". OzOutback. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  23. ^ Breschi, Roberto. "ITALY - Regions" (in Italian). Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  24. ^ "Consiglio Regionale — Assemblea legislativa delle Marche" (in Italian). 22 March 1980. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  25. ^ Strabo, Geografia, 5. 4. 2.
  26. ^ Sextus Pompeius Festus, De verborum significatu, 235 L.
  27. ^ Raeside, Rob (2012-12-31). "Molise Region (Italy)". Flags of the World. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  28. ^ "Molise". Bandiere Dalvivo. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  29. ^ "Molise | Flag | Italy | OzOutback". OzOutback. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
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