The flag of Sicily, its meaning and facts about Sicily. It was only in February 2000 that the 'trinacria' as we see it above was approved for the Sicilian flag, but the flag itself dates back to 1282, after the Sicilian Vespers of Palermo.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/best-of-sicily/3624230807/
King Alberto added his coat of arms to the flag. After Italy was united in 1870, King Vittorio Emmanuele II added a crown above the Arms and a shield to the Flag. On June 19, 1946, when Italy became a Republic, those symbols were removed from the tricolor making it a simple tricolor of green, white and red.
http://italyflag.facts.co/italianflagof/italyflag.php
Article by Ninni Radicini on the Trinacria, the symbol of Greek mythological origin present in the flag of the Sicily and the Isle of Man as well as in various coats of arms of European dynasties. The Trinacria: History and Mythology
http://www.ninniradicini.it/articoli/trinacria_sicily_history_mythology.htm
The three bent legs are supposed to represent the three points of the island Sicily itself(The same three bent legs are used in the Flag of Isle of Man). The head of Medusa in the flag is for protection of the island. According to Greek mythology, Medusa was a gorgon, a chthonic medusa got raped in athenas temple to punish her athena made her ugly with her hair full of snakes. Who ever looked at her would turn to stone.
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Italian tricolor uses lighter shades of green and red compared to Mexican flag. Italian flag's proportion is 2:3, while the Mexican flag's proportion is 4:7. More importantly, Mexican flag has its coat of arms in the middle white band and Italian flag is simple vertical tricolor.
http://italyflag.facts.co/italianflagof/italyflag.php
The flag of Sicily, its meaning and facts about Sicily It was only in February 2000 that the 'trinacria' as we see it above was approved for the Sicilian flag, but the flag itself dates back to 1282, after the Sicilian Vespers of Palermo.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/best-of-sicily/3624230807/
Italy Flag. flag colors: green,white,red. description: The flag of Italy was adopted 1 January 1948 and it has the proportion 2:3. The italian flag is a tricolour of three equally sized vertical pales of green, white and red. The colour green is at the hoist side. The meanings of the three colours of the flag of Italy are that green represents the country's plains and the hills, white, the Alps mountains covered in snow and red represents blood spilt in the Wars of Italian Independence.
http://mapsofworld.himmera.com/Italy_flag_picture_meaning_colors.html
The symbol of the Hellenic nature of Sicily by Ninni Radicini The symbol of Trinacria is now known because in the flag of Sicily and that of the Island of Man. Its history is complex and in some ways still shrouded in mystery, or at least in indeterminacy, as it relates to mythology.
http://www.ninniradicini.it/articoli/trinacria_sicily_history_mythology.htm
Italy Flag - Information. The flag of Italy (bandiera d'Italia) is a tricolor flag - three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and red. The design, a vertical tricolor, was inspired by the French flag brought to Italy by Napoleon. The first state to use the Italian tricolor was the Cispadane Republic in 1797, which supplanted Milan after Napoleon's victorious army reached Italy in 1796.
http://italyflag.facts.co/italianflagof/italyflag.php
The symbol of the Hellenic nature of Sicily. by Ninni Radicini. The symbol of Trinacria is now known because in the flag of Sicily and that of the Island of Man. Its history is complex and in some ways still shrouded in mystery, or at least in indeterminacy, as it relates to mythology.
http://www.ninniradicini.it/articoli/trinacria_sicily_history_mythology.htm
what are the symbols behind the italy flag
The Italian flag is a tricolour of three equally sized vertical pales of green, white and red; green represents the country's plains and the hills, white represents the Alps mountains covered in snow and red represents blood spilt in the Wars of Italian Independence.