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Sicily; Trinacria [1]: Use: Civil and state flag: Proportion: 13:20 (as shown above), 2:3 or 3:5: Adopted: 4 January 2000 (): Design: Divided diagonally from the upper hoist-side corner; the upper triangle is red and the lower triangle is yellow; in the center is the Sicilian triskelion featuring the winged head of Medusa with three ears of wheat protruding from it.
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It is possible that this usage is related with the Greek name of the island of Sicily, Τρινακρία (Trinacria) ' having three headlands '. [20] The Sicilian triskeles is shown with the head of Medusa at the center. [21] The ancient symbol has been re-introduced in modern flags of Sicily since 1848.
English: Heraldic flag of the Kingdom of Sicily under the House of Aragon (1243 to 1816). As coat of arms, this arrangement dates to the 14th century. Depiction of merchant ensigns of the 14th century are different, with the stripes horizontal in the lateral fields, and the eagle in the top and bottom fields.
the ancient name of Sicily. Sicily in the classical Greek period; see History of Greek and Hellenistic Sicily; Name for the Kingdom of Sicily during the 1300s; Name for the emblem of Sicily (the triskeles with the Gorgoneion Medusa); see Triskelion § Sicily. A nickname of the modern flag of Sicily; Trinacria, a genus of bivalves in the family ...
English: Merchant ensign of the Kingdom of Sicily (14th to 15th centuries) [historical flags would not be rectangular put pointed at the fly] map of Angelino Dalorto (c. 1325) - author thought to be identical with Angelino Dulcert File:Dalorto_1325_map_(partial).jpg; map of Angelino Dulcert (1339): File:Map_of_Angelino_Dulcert_upside-down.jpg
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Sicily. Sicily has a roughly triangular shape, earning it the name Trinacria.. To the north-east, it is separated from Calabria and the rest of the Italian mainland by the Strait of Messina, about 3 km (1.9 mi) wide in the north, and about 16 km (9.9 mi) wide in the southern part. [7]