Adoption of Italian Tricolour

Date: January 7, 1797 • Location: Ponticella, Italy

The Italian tricolour was first adopted as an official flag by the government of the Cispadane Republic.

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 12 of the Constitution of the Italian Republic. The Italian law regulates its use and display, protecting its defence and providing for the crime of insulting it; it also prescribes its teaching in Italian schools together with other national symbols of Italy.