The cockade of Italy is the national ornament of Italy, obtained by folding a green, white and red ribbon into a plissé using the technique called plissage. It is one of the national symbols of Italy
Camille Desmoulins, who invented the cockade of France, which in turn inspired the birth of the Italian one
The people of Paris attack the fortress of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, decreeing the beginning of the French Revolution. Initially the Italian rioters mistakenly believed that the flag waved between the Parisian barricades was green, white and red.
Panorama of Genoa in the early 19th century. Here, the Italian tricolour cockade appeared for the first time, and with it the Italian national colours.
The three Italian national colours carved into the floor of the Post Office Building in Florence. After their appearance in Genoa on 21 August 1789, red, white and green gradually became part of the Italian collective imaginary until they were represented in the most varied areas.
The national flag of Italy, often referred to as the Tricolour, is a flag featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white and red, with the green at the hoist side, as defined by Article
Giuseppe Compagnoni, considered the "father of the Italian flag"
The Sala del Tricolore, which later became the council hall of the municipality of Reggio Emilia, where the Italian flag was born on 7 January 1797
The Five Days of Milan (1848), of which one of the symbols was the tricolour
Tricolour flag donated by the women of Milan to King Charles Albert of Piedmont-Sardinia during the First Italian War of Independence (1848–1849). It is displayed at the Royal Armoury of Turin.