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The term "Mezzogiorno" today mostly refers to the regions that are associated with the people, lands or culture of the historical and cultural region that was once politically under the administration of the former Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily (officially denominated as one entity Regnum Siciliae citra Pharum and ultra Pharum, i.e. "Kingdom of ...
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.
The flag is the coat of arms of Basilicata superimposed on the a field of azure.An unofficial variant has "Regione Basilicata" above the coat of arms, a gold-bordered white shield with four blue waves, representing the four major rivers of the region: the Basento, Agri, Bradano and Sinni.
Padania (/ p ə ˈ d eɪ n i ə / pə-DAY-nee-ə, UK also /-ˈ d ɑː n-/- DAH-, [1] Italian: [paˈdaːnja]) is an alternative name and proposed independent state encompassing Northern Italy, derived from the name of the Po River (Latin Padus), whose basin includes much of the region, centered on the Po Valley (Pianura Padana), the major plain of Northern Italy.
Framed antique flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (c. 1830s) discovered in Palermo Portrait of King Ferdinand II, 1844 1848 revolution in Sicily. The Treaty of Casalanza restored Ferdinand IV of Bourbon to the throne of Naples and the island of Sicily (where the constitution of 1812 virtually had disempowered him) was returned to him.
A blue flag with an eagle with crown and four crown at corners. 1880–1946 Royal Standard of the Prince of Piedmont: A blue flag with an eagle with crown in the middle and four crown at corners. 1927–1943 Standard of the Head of Government and Duce of Fascism: A blue flag with a yellow line and a yellow fasces in the middle. 1927–1943
Greek minority flag of Sicily. The largest Facebook page highlighting the specific issues called "Stato Magna Grecia - Due Sicilie", has over 270,000 followers, mainly Italians but also several Griko, expressing the need for the secession of Southern Italy, the so-called Mezzogiorno and its enosis with Greece and Cyprus. This page and other ...
National flags are adopted by governments to strengthen national bonds and legitimate formal authority. Such flags may contain symbolic elements of their peoples, militaries, territories, rulers, and dynasties. The flag of Denmark is the oldest flag still in current use as it has been recognized as a national symbol since the 14th century.