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  2. National colours of Italy - Wikipedia

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    Leaves, flowers and berries of the strawberry tree, whose colors recall the Italian national colours: for this reason this bush is considered one of the National symbols of Italy. Many romance poets dedicated some of their literary works, drawing combinations and symbolisms, to the three Italian national colours: [89]

  3. Flag of Italy - Wikipedia

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    The flag of Italy (Italian: bandiera d'Italia, Italian: [banˈdjɛːra diˈtaːlja]), often referred to as The Tricolour (il Tricolore, Italian: [il trikoˈloːre]), 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. [1]

  4. National symbols of Italy - Wikipedia

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    the strawberry tree, or the small tree chosen as a national tree because of its green leaves, its white flowers and its red berries, colors that recall the Italian flag; [11] The flower of the strawberry tree is the national flower of Italy. [12] the Italian sparrow, considered the national bird of Italy. [13]

  5. List of Italian flags - Wikipedia

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    An Italian tricolour with a trinacria in the center. 1848–1849 Flag of the Republic of San Marco: An Italian tricolour with a white canton bearing the Lion of Saint Mark. 1848–1849 Flag of the Free Cities of Menton and Roquebrune: An Italian tricolour with two hands clasping and with the inscription "Menton et Roquebrun ville libre". 1848 ...

  6. Savoy blue - Wikipedia

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    Savoy blue (Italian: blu Savoia) or Savoy azure (azzurro Savoia), also known as Italian blue (blu italiano), is a shade of saturated blue between peacock blue and periwinkle, lighter than peacock blue. [1] Since the middle ages, it is the colour of the House of Savoy, the royal dynasty of the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1946.

  7. Sienna - Wikipedia

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    It is made by heating raw sienna, which dehydrates the iron oxide, changing it partially to hematite, giving it rich reddish-brown color. [2] The pigment is also known as red earth, red ochre, and terra rossa. On the Color Index International, the pigment is known as PR-102. This version is from the Italian Ferrario 1919 color list.

  8. Cockade of Italy - Wikipedia

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    The Italian tricolour cockade, by convention, has the green in the centre, the white in an intermediate position and red in the periphery. This custom derives from one of the conceptual characteristics of the cockades, which can be imagined as flags rolled around the flagpole seen from above.

  9. Emblem of Italy - Wikipedia

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    Emblem of the Italian Republic rendered in black and white State ensign of the Italian Republic (since 2003). The central element of the emblem is the five-pointed star white star, also called Stella d'Italia (English: "Star of Italy"), which is the oldest national symbol of Italy, since it dates back to ancient Greece. [1]