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In 1811 Murat changed the flag to blue with a rectangle in the center whose border was checkered white and red. The coat of arms was on the left side of the rectangle (the civil flag had no coat of arms). From 1820 through 1821, the flag of Naples had 3 horizontal stripes colored blue, black and red. The current flag has been in use since 1821.
Since the Angevins remained in power on the Italian peninsula, they kept the original name of the Kingdom of Sicily (Regnum Siciliae). At the end of the War of the Vespers, the Peace of Caltabellotta (1302) provided that the name of the kingdom would be the Kingdom of Sicily Citra Farum had become known colloquially as the Kingdom of Naples ...
1808–1811 2nd Flag of The Napoleonic Kingdom of Naples A composition formed by a white diamond, in turn included in a red and black box, with the coat of arms in the center. 1811–1815 3rd Flag of The Napoleonic Kingdom of Naples A Blue field with a chess themed border of red and white and the coat of arms off-centred toward the hoist. 1811-1815
The Kingdom of Naples (Italian: Regno di Napoli; Neapolitan: Regno 'e Napule) was a French client state in southern Italy that existed from 1806 to 1815. It was founded after the Bourbon Ferdinand IV & III of Naples and Sicily sided with the Third Coalition against Napoleon, and was in return ousted from his kingdom by a French invasion.
The history of Naples is long and varied, dating to Greek settlements established in the Naples area in the 2nd millennium BC. [1] During the end of the Greek Dark Ages a larger mainland colony – initially known as Parthenope – developed on the Pizzofalcone hill in the 8th century BC, [ 2 ] and was refounded as Neapolis in the 6th century ...
Napoleon Bonaparte [b] (born Napoleone Buonaparte; [1] [c] 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of military campaigns across Europe during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815.
English: Flag of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Naples, from 1811 to 1815. Italiano: Bandiera del Regno di Napoli napoleonico tra il 1811 e il 1815, contenente anche il nuovo stemma delle Due Sicilie, con l'aquila e il fascio francesi, il triscele siciliano e il cavallo di Napoli.
The tower of the town hall of Cherasco. The oldest documented mention of the Italian tricolour flag is linked to the first descent of Napoleon in the Italian Peninsula.With the start of the first campaign in Italy, in many places the Jacobins of the peninsula rose up, contributing, together with the Italian soldiers framed in the Napoleonic army, to the French victories.