Italy Flag

The National flag of Italy was officially adopted as the National flag to represent the country on the 19th of June in the year 1946. In the year 1796, the French controlled Lombardy region of North Italy and used this Italian tri colored flag to represent them selves and then again, in 1797, Italian tri colored flag was used by Napoleon Bonaparte's Cisalpine Republic. The same flag was then reintroduced in the year 1868 by King of Sardinia. He incorporated his coat of arms on the flag and used it to represent all the areas of the country that were under his controlled. When the Italian Kingdom was established in the year 1861 then the Italian flag with the monogram of the royal coat of arms on it was adopted as a symbol to show the Italian Unity. However again in the year 1946 when the Monarchy was abolished the coat of arms was also removed from the National flag of Italy.

The design and the coloration of the National flag of Italy are very unique yet very simple. The National flag of Italy is based on a rectangular design which has a tri color scheme and those colors are divided amongst three stripes that are of equal width. If any one was to ask that what is the design of the National flag of Italy and what are the colors used the answer would be a very simple one and that would be, simple design and the use of only three colors. The three colors as mentioned above are red, white and green. The first stripe on the National flag of Italy is of the color green. The second stripe on the National flag of Italy which is technically the middle stripe is of the color white and the last stripe which would technically be the first stripe from the right side on the National flag of Italy is of the color red. The three stripes are placed in vertical positions and are all equal in width. The meanings and the significance as to the design and the colors used in the National flag of Italy are ones which have very interesting and unique meaning.

Yet it is very easy to explain. It is seen through history that the National flag of Italy has a design that is similar to the design of the national French Flag. There are also very different and many interpretations given regarding the colors and the design of the National flag of Italy and one of those interpretations is: the design and the coloration for the National flag of Italy is one that may be based on the design influenced by the military uniforms from the Milan.

There is also another very famous interpretation of the design and coloration of the National flag of Italy which is: the French flag is said to be the chief influence in the design of the National flag of Italy and it is believed that Napoleon replaced the blue color in the original French flag and turned it into green as he liked that color and chose that for the National flag of Italy. The proportions used for this flag are 2:3 respectively. On web one can find huge flow of information regarding Italy flag. There are also some websites which are giving the animated Italian flag pictures for free.