National symbols of Italy are the symbols that uniquely identify Italy reflecting its history and culture. They are used to represent the nation through emblems, metaphors, personifications, allegorie
Allegorical print of 1895 celebrating the 25th anniversary of the capture of Rome. The figure contains numerous national symbols of Italy associated with allegories of ancient Roman history.
View of the artistic and architectural works present in the Vittoriano
Gianni Rivera, soccer player of A.C. Milan, with the cockade of Italy, in an image from the early 1970s
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
National symbols of Italy
…The three main official symbols, whose typology is present in the symbology of all nations, are: the flag of Italy, that is, the national flag in green, white and red, as required by article 12 of the Constitution of the Italian Republic; the emblem of Italy, that…
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.