List of Italian flags
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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National flags
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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. |
Military flags
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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). |
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9 November 1947 | Naval jack | |
Army rank flags
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General of army corps | ||
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General of brigade |
Naval rank flags
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Commander-in-chief of the Italian Navy | ||
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Chief of staff of the Italian Navy | ||
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Squadron admiral of the Italian Navy | ||
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Rear admiral of the Italian Navy |
Standards
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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 flags
Pre-unitarian flags (until 1848)
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697–1797 | Flag of the Republic of Venice | Red field charged with a Lion of Saint Mark and 6 tails representing the original 6 Sestiere of Venice |
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958–1569 | Flag of the Republic of Amalfi | Blue field defaced with a white Maltese cross |
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1005–1797 | Flag of the Republic of Genoa | A red cross of St. George on a white field |
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11th Century–1406 | Flag of the Republic of Pisa | Red field charged with a white Pisan cross |
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11th Century–1555 | Flag of the Republic of Siena | A bicolour flag of white on top of black |
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1115–1532 | Flag of the Republic of Florence | A white flag with a red Fleur-de-lis (symbol of Florence) |
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1532–1569 | Flag of the Duchy of Florence | A white flag with the Medici coat of arms |
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1569–1737 | Flag of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany | A white flag displaying the Medici coat of arms with a Grand-ducal crown |
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1473–1829 | Flag of the Duchy of Massa and Carrara | A white flag displaying the Cybo-Malaspina coat of arms |
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1395–1535 | Flag of the Duchy of Milan | Flag of the Duchy of Milan during Sforza rule |
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1530–1707 | Flag of the Duchy of Mantua | Flag of the Duchy of Milan displaying the coat of arms of the House of Gonzaga |
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1545–1731 | Flag of the Duchy of Parma | Six fleur-de-lis on a yellow field which is also the coat of arms of the House of Farnese |
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1452–1830 | Flag of the Duchy of Modena and Reggio | Flag displaying the coat of arms of the House of Este |
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1160–1805 | Flag of the Republic of Lucca | A bicolour flag of white on top of red |
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1296–1816 | Flag of the Kingdom of Sicily | A per saltire Aragon and Hohenstaufen flag |
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1738–1860 | Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | A white flag with the Bourbon-Two Sicilies coat of arms |
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1796–1802 | Flag of the Transpadane Republic | A tricolour flag |
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1797–1802 | Flag of the Cisalpine Republic | A tricolour flag |
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1798–1802 | Flag of the Cispadane Republic | |
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1801-1807 | Flag of the Kingdom of Etruria | |
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1802–1805 | Flag of the Italian Republic | |
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1805–1814 | Flag of the Kingdom of Italy | |
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753 BC -1803 | Flag of Rome | Two red and yellow vertical stripes. |
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1803-1808 | Flag of the Papal States | Red field with Saint Peter's Keys in the center. |
Unification and Kingdom of Italy
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1848–1946 | Civil flag of the Kingdom of Sardinia from 1848–1861 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 | State flag of the Kingdom of Sardinia from 1848–1861 and from 1861 of the Kingdom of Italy and the 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 the Head of Government and Duce of Fascism | |
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1927–1943 | Standard of a State Minister | |
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1927–1943 | Standard of a State Subsecretary | |
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1927–1943 | Standard of the Minister of the Regia Marina | |
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1927–1943 | Standard of the Minister of the Regia Aereonautica | |
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1936–1943 | Standard of the Viceroy of Italian East Africa | |
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1939–1943 | Standard of the Lieutenant General of Albania | |
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1808-1870 | Flag of the Papal States | Two yellow and white vertical stripes. |
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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 |
Regional flags
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