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The Norman conquest of southern Italy lasted from 999 to 1194, involving many battles and independent conquerors. In 1130, the territories in southern Italy united as the Kingdom of Sicily, which included the island of Sicily, the southern third of the Italian Peninsula (including Benevento, which was briefly held twice), the archipelago of Malta, and parts of North Africa.
Palazzo dei Normanni, the palace of the Norman kings in Palermo. Bronze lion attributed to an Italo-Norman artist (Metropolitan Museum of Art).The Italo-Normans (Italian: Italo-Normanni), or Siculo-Normans (Siculo-Normanni) when referring to Sicily and Southern Italy, are the Italian-born descendants of the first Norman conquerors to travel to Southern Italy in the first half of the eleventh ...
English: The Flag design was adopted on June 14th 2020 Blue: Pantone 281C / CMYK 100,65,0,64 Red: Pantone 193C / CMYK 0,93,68,25 3x5 aspect ratio Formal Symbolism: The emblem is inspired by our namesake, Abner Norman who first surveyed its land for development, it is taken from the central element of a circumferentor, or surveyor’s compass.
The traditional provincial flag, gules, two lions passant or, is used in both former regions of France: Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy.It is based on the design of arms which had been attributed by medieval heralds to William the Conqueror, ultimately related to the 12th-century coat of arms of the House of Anjou.
The Hauteville family (Italian: Altavilla, Sicilian: Autaviḍḍa) was a Norman family, originally of petty lords, from the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy. [7] The Hautevilles rose to prominence through their part in the Norman conquest of southern Italy. In 1130, Roger II of Hauteville, was made the first King of Sicily. His male-line ...
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Flag of Italy. Generated in Inkscape , based on images at the World Flag Database and other sources. This version of the Flag use rough hexadecimal conversion of the official Pantone colors in order to be printed on Cloth.
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