List of Italian flags

The former President of the Italian Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi honors the flag of Cispadane Republic, first Italian flag, during the Tricolour Day on 7 January 2004 in Reggio Emilia

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[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1 January 1948	National flag	A tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white and red, national colours of Italy, with the green at the hoist side (proportions 3:2).
	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 Saint 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 is not holding a sword, the emblem is not crowned, and the book of the Gospel is open.
	24 October 2003	State ensign	The flag of Italy with the State Emblem.

Military flags[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	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).
	9 November 1947	Naval jack	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).

Army rank flags[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	-	Four-star general	White flag with four red stars
	-	General of army corps	White flag with three red stars
	-	Divisional general	White flag with two red stars
	-	General of brigade	White flag with one red star

Naval rank flags[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	-	Commander-in-chief of the Italian Navy	A square edged in blue and 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).
	-	Chief of staff of the Italian Navy	A blue flag with yellow line and with four yellow stars
	-	Squadron admiral of the Italian Navy	A blue flag with three yellow stars
	-	Rear admiral of the Italian Navy	A blue flag with one yellow star

Standards[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1965–1990	Standard of the President of Italy	A square blue flag with the Emblem of Italy in the middle.
	1990–1992	Standard of the President of Italy	A square blue flag with the flag of Italy in the middle.
	1992–2000	Standard of the President of Italy	A square blue flag with the Emblem of Italy in the middle.
	4 November 2000–17 January 2003	Standard of the President of Italy	A square blue flag, with in the middle the flag of the Napoleonic Italian Republic, with the golden Emblem of Italy on the green square.
	17 January 2003–14 April 2006	Standard of the President of Italy	A square blue flag, with in the middle the flag of the Napoleonic Italian Republic, with the golden Emblem of Italy on the green square.
	14 April 2006	Standard of the President of Italy	A square blue flag, with in the middle the flag of the Napoleonic Italian Republic, with the golden Emblem of Italy on the green square.
	16 May 1986	Standard of a Substitute President of Italy	A square white flag with blue border, with the Emblem of Italy in the middle.
	17 July 2008	Standard of the Prime Minister of Italy	A square blue flag with two golden lines and with the Emblem of Italy (in natural colours) in the middle.
	23 April 2002	Standard of the Minister of Defence	A square blue flag with two golden lines and with a star and the symbols of four Italian Armed Forces in the middle.
	-	Standard of the Civil Authorities	A square white flag with two blue lines and with the Emblem of Italy (in natural colours) in the middle.

Historical flags[]

Preunification era[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	800–1420	Flag of The Judicate of Arborea	A White Field with a Tree in the center.
	831–1091	Flag of the Emirate of Sicily	A Simple Green Field.
	1000–1406	Flag of The Republic of Pisa	A Red Field with a White Cross in the center.
	1115–1251	1st Flag of The Republic of Florence	A red field with centred white cross.
	1160–1200	1st Flag of The Republic of Lucca	A Horizontal Bicolor of White and Red, similar to the polish flag.
	1171–1277	1st Flag of Milan	A White Field with a Red Maltese cross in the center with 3 sestiere on the fly.
	13th century	1st Flag of The Republic of Siena	A black field with a white stripe and 3 sestiere on the fly.
	1200–1799	2nd Flag of The Republic of Lucca	A Blue Field with a Golden diagonal stripe with the word Libertas.
	1251–1569	2nd Flag of The Republic of Florence	A White Field with a Red Fleur-de-lis lily in the Center.
	1258–1266	Banner of Manfred, King of Sicily	A White Swallowtail Flag with a Black Eagle in the center.
	1259–1323	Flag of The Republic of Sassari	4 quartered field. a white cross in the 1st and 4th quarter (blue) and a white tower in the 2nd and 3rd quarter (red).
	1266–1442	Flag of The Kingdoms of Sicily and Naples under The Capetian House of Anjou	A Blue Field with Several Fleur-de-lis and a red label.
	1277–1329, 1499–1540	2nd Flag of Milan	A white field with a blue snake devouring a man in the center.
	1282–1296	1st Flag of The Kingdom of Sicily under The Crown of Aragon	The Catalan Senyera in the first and fourth quarters and the Eagle of Sicily in the second and third quarters.
	1290–1555	2nd Flag of The Republic of Siena	A Horizontal Bicolour of white and black.
	1296–1410	2nd Flag of The Kingdom of Sicily under The Crown of Aragon	Similar to the Catalan Senyera, but with 2 white triangles with a eagle inside of both triangles.
	1329–1395 & 1402–1499	3rd Flag of Milan	the Imperial Eagle of the Holy Roman Empire in the first and fourth quarters and the Snake of Milan in the second and third quarters.
	1339–1797	Flag of The Republic of Genoa	A white field with centred red cross, similar to The Flag of England, but with five sestiere on the fly.
	1395–1402	4th Flag of Milan	The French Fleur-de-lis bordered in white and red in the first and fourth quarters and the Snake of Milan in the second and third quarters.
	1395–1797	State Flag of The Duchy of Milan	A white field with centred red cross, similar to The Flag of England, but the cross has a lighter color.
	1398–1701	1st Flag of The Principality of Piombino	A white field with a chess themed diagonal red stripe.
	1410–1516	3rd Flag of The Kingdom of Sicily under The Crown of Aragon	An inverted version of the previous flag.
	1416–1785	Flag of The Duchy of Savoy	A red field with centred white cross.
	1442–1516	Flag of The Kingdom of Naples under The Crown of Aragon	The Catalan Senyera in the first and fourth quarters and the stripes of The Árpád dynasty, The Fleur-de-lis of Anjou and The Cross of Jerusalem in the second and third quarters.
	1443–1523	1st Flag of The Duchy of Urbino	A Banner of Arms with the symbols of the Holy Roman Empire, The House of Montefeltro and The Papal Sates.
	1447–1450	Flag of The Golden Ambrosian Republic	a white field with a red centered cross with a disc in the center of the cross with a pope in the center of the disc, bordered with the golden words "MEDIOLAN COMVNITAS" which means: "Milan Community".
	1452–1830	1st Flag of The Duchy of Modena and Reggio	A crowned white eagle on a blue field.
	1473–1829	Flag of The Duchy of Massa and Carrara	A White field with the coat of arms in the center.
	1523–1625	2nd Flag of The Duchy of Urbino	A yellow swallow-tailed field with a disc which contains the symbol of The House of Montefeltro.
	1545–1731	1st Flag of The Duchy of Parma and Piacenza	A Yellow field with 6 blue Fleur-de-lis in the center.
	1562–1737	1st Flag of The Grand Duchy of Tuscany	A White Field with The Coat of Arms of The Medici Family in the Center.
	14th century	Banner of Saint Mark	A gold Lion of St. Mark on a field of dark red accompanied by six sestiere on the fly.
	1701–1803	2nd Flag of The Principality of Piombino	A white field with the coat of arms in the center.
	1765–1800, 1815–1848 & 1849–1860	2nd Flag of The Grand Duchy of Tuscany	A Horizontal Tricolour of red, white and red with The Greater Coat of Arms in the center.
	1785–1802	1st Flag of The Kingdom of Sardinia	Blue with the cross of savoy occupying one quarter of the field and placed in the canton.
	1799–1801	3rd Flag of The Republic of Lucca	A Horizontal Tricolour of green, white and red.
	1801–1805	4th and Final Flag of The Republic of Lucca	A White field with a centered red diamond and with a blue border.
	1801–1807	Flag of The Kingdom of Etruria	5 Stripes alternating of Blue and White with the coat of arms in the center.
	1802–1814	2nd Flag of The Kingdom of Sardinia	Blue with the St George's Cross and four heads of Moors occupying one quarter of the field and placed in the canton.
	1814–1816	3rd Flag of The Kingdom of Sardinia	Blue with the cross of savoy and 2 St George's Crosses in the 1st and 4th quarters (one of them with four heads of Moors) occupying one quarter of the field and placed in the canton.
	1815–1818	1st Flag of The Duchy of Lucca	A Horizontal Bicolour of yellow and red.
	1815–1847	2nd Flag of The Duchy of Parma and Piacenza	A Vertical Bicolour of red and white.
	1815–1848 & 1849–1860	2nd Flag of The Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Lesser Arms Variant)	A Horizontal Tricolour of red, white and red with The Lesser Coat of Arms in the center.
	1815–1866	Flag of The Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia	A Yellow Field bordered with black triangles and with the Austrian Eagle in the center.
	1816–1848	4th Flag of The Kingdom of Sardinia	Blue with a combination of the crosses of savoy and St George occupying one quarter of the field and placed in the canton.
	1816–1848 & 1849–1860	Flag of The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies	A White Field with The Arms of The King of the Two Sicilies in the center.
	1818–1824	2nd Flag of The Duchy of Lucca	A White Field with the coat of arms in the center and a bicolour of yellow and red in the canton.
	1824–1847	3rd and Final Flag of The Duchy of Lucca	Similar to the previous flag.
	1830–1859	2nd Flag of The Duchy of Modena and Reggio	A horizontal tricolour of red, white and red with a centred vertical tricolour of blue, white and blue with the coat of arms in the center.
	1848–1849	3rd Flag of The Duchy of Parma and Piacenza	A Horizontal Bicolour of yellow and blue.
	1850–1851	4th Flag of The Duchy of Parma and Piacenza	12 Spinning Stripes alternating of blue and yellow.
	1851–1859	5th and Final Flag of The Duchy of Parma and Piacenza	8 Spinning Stripes alternating of blue and yellow with a red border.

Napoleonic era[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1797	Flag of the Cispadane Republic	A tricolour flag in horizontal bands with the top red, the white in the centre and the green at the bottom. In the centre was also the emblem of the republic, while on the sides the letters "R" and "C" were shown, the initials of the two words that form the name of the "Repubblica Cispadana". The coat of arms of the Cispadan Republic contained a quiver with four arrows that symbolized the four cities of the Cispadan congress.
	1797–1798	Flag of the Cisalpine Republic	A tricolour flag in horizontal bands with the top green, the white in the centre and the red at the bottom.
	1798–1802	Flag of the Cisalpine Republic	A square tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white and red, national colours of Italy, with the green at the hoist side.
	1802–1805	Flag of the Italian Republic	A composition formed by a green square inserted in a white diamond, in turn included in a red box.
	1805–1814	Flag of The Kingdom of Italy	A composition formed by a green rectangle inserted in a white diamond, in turn included in a red box, with an imperial eagle in the center.
	1805-1814	Flag of The Principality of Lucca and Piombino	A Horizontal Tricolour of Blue, White and Red
	1806-1808	1st Flag of The Napoleonic Kingdom of Naples	A Horizontal Tricolour of White, Red and Black
	1808-1811	2nd Flag of The Napoleonic Kingdom of Naples	A composition formed by a white diamond, in turn included in a red and black box, with the coat of arms in the center.
	1811-1815	3rd Flag of The Napoleonic Kingdom of Naples	A Blue field with a chess themed border of red and white and the coat of arms off-centred toward the hoist.

Unification and Kingdom of Italy[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1831	Flag of the Italian United Provinces	A tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white and red, national colours of Italy, with the green at the hoist side.
	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.
	1848/1849	Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies	A white flag with Two Sicilies coat of arms, with red and green border.
	1848–1849	Flag of the Kingdom of Sicily	An Italian tricolour with a trinacria in the center.
	1848–1849	Flag of the Republic of San Marco	An Italian tricolour with a white canton bearing the Lion of Saint Mark.
	1848–1849	Flag of the Free Cities of Menton and Roquebrune	An Italian tricolour with two hands clasping and with the inscription "Menton et Roquebrun ville libre".
	1848–1947	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.
	1849	War flag of the Roman Republic The state flag had no letters.	An Italian tricolour with two "R"s (Repubblica Romana) in the center.
	1859–1860	Flag of the United Provinces of Central Italy	An Italian tricolour.
	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.
	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.
	1860–1946	War flag of the Regio Esercito	A square Italian tricolour with Savoy shield and simplified Royal crown in the middle.
	1879–1900	Naval jack of the Regia Marina	A square Savoy shield with blue border.
	1900–1947	Naval jack of the Regia Marina	A rectangular Savoy shield with blue border.
	1880–1946	Royal Standard of the King of Italy	A blue flag with a eagle with crown and four crown at corners.
	1880–1946	Royal Standard of the Prince of Piedmont	A blue flag with a eagle with crown in the middle and four crown at corners.
	1927–1943	Standard of the Head of Government and Duce of Fascism	A blue flag with a yellow line and a yellow fasces in the middle.
	1927–1943	Standard of a State Minister	A white flag with a blue line and a blue fasces in the middle.
	1927–1943	Standard of a State Subsecretary	A white flag with a blue fasces in the middle.
	1927–1943	Standard of the Minister of the Regia Marina	A blue flag with a yellow line and a yellow anchor dominated by a yellow crown in the middle.
	1927–1943	Standard of the Minister of the Regia Aereonautica	A blue flag with a red line and a red eagle dominated by a red crown in the middle.
	1936–1943	Standard of the Viceroy of Italian East Africa	A white flag with blue border, with the Savoy shield in the middle and four fasces at corners.
	1936–1945	Flag of the Colonna Italiana	A tricolour flag with a red dagger and the red letters "G" and "L".
	1939–1943	Standard of the Lieutenant General of Albania	A white flag with blue border and a red line, with fasces dominated by a crown in the middle.
	1943–1945	Flag of the Italian Social Republic	An Italian tricolour.
	1943–1945	War flag of the Italian Social Republic	An Italian tricolour with dark-grey eagle clutching a fasces in the center.
	1943–1945	Flag of the National Liberation Committee	An Italian tricolour with a star inside which is the word "CLN".
	1943–1945	Flag of the Brigate Garibaldi	An Italian tricolour with a red star in the center.

Italian Republic[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1945–1992	Flag of the Italian ethnic minority[1] in Yugoslavia	An Italian tricolour with a red star in the center.
	1950–1960	Flag of the Trust Territory of Somaliland	An Italian tricolour.

Regional flags[]

Citations[]

References[]

• Italy at Flags of the World