flag of Italy

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national flag tricolour flag

The flag of Italy is a vertical tricolour of green, white, and red that serves as the national emblem of the Italian Republic and a key symbol of its identity and sovereignty.

Aliases (7)

Flag of Italy ×2
Bandiera d'Italia ×1
Italian flag ×1
Italian national tricolour ×1
Italian tricolour ×1
Tricolore (Italian tricolour flag) ×1
flag of the Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national flag → tricolour flag →
adopted	1946-06-18 →
alsoKnownAs	il Tricolore →
aspectRatio	2:3 →
category	Flags of Europe → National symbols of Italy →
celebratedOn	Tricolour Day →
color	green → red → white →
containsNoCoatOfArms	true →
country	Italy →
dayOfTheTricolour	January 7 →
designInfluence	French tricolour →
designStandardized	2003-01-01 →
firstTricolourAdopted	1797-01-07 →
firstUseEntity	Cispadane Republic NERFINISHED →
historicalPrecursor	flag of the Cisalpine Republic → flag of the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946) → flag of the Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) → flag of the Kingdom of Sardinia →
inspiredBy	flag of France →
isRegulatedBy	Italian Constitution → Italian law no. 22 of 1998 →
isSimilarTo	flag of Ireland → flag of Mexico →
leftStripeColor	green →
legalStatus	national emblem of Italy →
middleStripeColor	white →
numberOfStripes	3 →
officialName	Bandiera d'Italia →
pattern	vertical tricolour →
proportion	2:3 →
readoptedAsRepublicFlag	1946-06-18 →
rightStripeColor	red →
stripeOrientation	vertical →
symbolizes	Italian Republic → national identity of Italy → sovereignty of Italy →
usedBy	Italian armed forces → Italian government → Italian merchant vessels →
uses	civil flag → state flag → war flag →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Expedition of the Thousand ("Italian tricolour") → President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic ("Flag of Italy") →	flag
Italian Armed Forces → Italian Risorgimento ("Tricolore (Italian tricolour flag)") →	symbol
flag of Italy ("flag of the Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)") →	historicalPrecursor
Italian tricolour naval ensign ("Italian national tricolour") →	inspiredBy
Frecce Tricolori ("Italian flag") →	nationalColorsRepresented
flag of Italy ("Bandiera d'Italia") →	officialName
Italy men's national ice hockey team ("Flag of Italy") →	usesNationalFlag