Italy
Shape
Europe · Southern Europe
Outline not to scale
About the flag
Italy's flag, Il Tricolore, is three equal vertical bands of green, white and red, with green at the flagpole. It was inspired by the French tricolour and was first adopted in 1797 by the Cispadane Republic in northern Italy. The plain version became the national flag when Italy became a republic in 1946.
Often confused with
Côte d'Ivoire's flag has orange where Italy has red, and orange is at the flagpole.
Ireland's third band is orange, not red.
Mexico has the same colours but an eagle emblem in the centre, a darker green and a longer shape.
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