Flag Of Italy

The flag of Italy (often referred to in Italian as ''Il Tricolore'') is a Tricolor featuring three equally sized vertical bands of green, white and red, with the green at the hoist side. Together with the national anthem, '' Il Canto Degli Italiani '' (better known as ''Fratelli d'Italia''), it is the symbol of Italy . MEANINGS OF THE COLORS The colors were originally an adaptation of the Flag Of France , with green instead of blue. Some have tried to attribute some particular values to the colors, and a common interpretation is that green is for the plains and the hills, white for the snowy Alps, and red for the blood spilt in the Italian Independence Wars . A more religious intepretation is that green represents hope, white represents faith and red represents charity. This interpretation connects to the Three Theological Virtues . SIMILARITIES TO OTHER FLAGS Given its derivation from the flag of France, Italian ''tricolore'' is similar to many flags that have the same origin. Among others, the Italian flag is similar to the Flag Of Ireland , which is green, white and orange, and to the Côte D'Ivoire Flag , which is, on the contrary, orange, white and green. It shows also resemblance with the Flag Of Mexico . HISTORY Pre-unitarian flags (until 1848)
	Image:Flag Of Repubblica Cispadana1jpg1797 - Flag Of The "	"http://wwwseattleluxurycom/encyclopedia/entry/Cispadane_Republic" class="copylinks">Repubblica Cispadana "
	Image:Flag Of The Repubblica CisalpinaPNG1798 - Flag Of The "	"http://wwwseattleluxurycom/encyclopedia/entry/Cisalpine_Republic" class="copylinks">Repubblica Cisalpina "
	Image:Flag Of The Repubblica Italiana 1802png1802 - Flag Of The	"http://wwwseattleluxurycom/encyclopedia/entry/Italian_Republic_(Napoleonic)" class="copylinks">Napoleonic "Repubblica Italiana"
	Image:Flag Of The Regno Italico 1805png1805 - Flag Of The	"http://wwwseattleluxurycom/encyclopedia/entry/Kingdom_of_Italy_(Napoleonic)" class="copylinks">Napoleonic "Regno D'Italia"
	Image:Flag Of Italy (1861-1946)svg1848 - Flag Of The	"http://wwwseattleluxurycom/encyclopedia/entry/Kingdom_of_Sardinia" class="copylinks">Kingdom Of Sardinia (and from 1861 of the Kingdom Of Italy ), with Savoy's coat of arms in the middle
	Image:It Tosc2gif1848 - Flag Of The	"http://wwwseattleluxurycom/encyclopedia/entry/Grand_Duchy_of_Tuscany" class="copylinks">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
	Image:Flag Of The Kingdom Of The Two Sicilies 1848gif1848-49 - Flag Of The	"http://wwwseattleluxurycom/encyclopedia/entry/Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies" class="copylinks">Kingdom Of The Two Sicilies It is the traditional flag of the Kingdom, white with Two Sicilies coat of arms, with red and green border
	Image:Flag Of The Republic Of Venice 1848-49gif1848-49 - Flag Of The	"http://wwwseattleluxurycom/encyclopedia/entry/Republic_of_Venice" class="copylinks">Temporary Government Of Venice It is an Italian tricolour with a white canton bearing the lion of St Mark
	Image:Flag Of The Repubblica Romana 1849png1849 - War Flag Of The "	"http://wwwseattleluxurycom/encyclopedia/entry/Roman_Republic_(19th_century)" class="copylinks">Repubblica Romana " The state flag had no letters
	Image:Flag Of The Kingdom Of The Two Sicilies 1860gif1860-61 - Flag Of The	"http://wwwseattleluxurycom/encyclopedia/entry/Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies" class="copylinks">Kingdom Of The Two Sicilies

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