Italy Flag - Italian Republic

The Italian tricolor was first established during the Napoleonic Wars by French republics in northern Italy , who styled it after the French tricolor. In 1848 the design was adopted by the house of Savoy, which initiated the Italian unification. The present flag was adopted in 1946, when Italy became a republic and the royal arms were removed.

The original "Italian Tricolore" displayed vertically with the green at the hoist and was used as a military flag. The first national flag in which the colors were applied horizontally is the Cispadana Republic flag. On July 17, 1797 the Cispadana and the Transpadana Republics were united into the Cisalpine Republic, which adopted the Tricolore, known today as the official Italian flag.

In 1802 the Cisalpine Republic became the Italian Republic and on August 20, 1802 a new flag was adopted. The new design was modeled after the Napoleonic military flags: on a red field a white lozenge under a green rectangle. A Napoleonic Eagle was added on March 1805 to celebrate the republic becoming a kingdom.. The Tricolore, charged with the Savoy shield in the center, became the national flag of the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1848 and of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861. The State flag and the war ensign also included the Savoy crown. Finally, on June 19, 1946, the plain Tricolore became the official flag of the Italian Republic.

Flags Measures 36 in x 60 in and are 100% polyester with grommets for easy flying.