Southern Europe
Italy
A vertical tricolour of green, white and red. It descends from the tricolour first adopted by the Cispadane Republic in 1797 and became the national flag of the Italian Republic in 1946.
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Adopted
1946
Proportion
2:3
Colours
3
Colours & their meaning
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Green
No official symbolism.
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White
No official symbolism.
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Red
No official symbolism.
Did you know?
The exact official colour shades of the Italian flag were standardised only in the 21st century.