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Note that the word "Abruzzi" is an ancient name
(referred to an ancient division of the region into three
subdivisions: Abruzzo Citeriore, Abruzzo Ulteriore I and Abruzzo
Ulteriore II) and no longer used. The actual and official
name of my region is Abruzzo.
Dr. N.Scirri, 17 July 2005
Abruzzi adopted a flag on the 21 may 1999, (regional law nr.
29). The flag has a bright bordeaux ground and a gold border, and
the coat of arms of the region in the middle. The name of the
region doesn't appear on the flag. On the hoist there is a ribbon
in the Italian colours.The flag shall be diplayed with the
Italian and European flags on all official buildings of the
region, provinces, communes, etc... At night if displayed, the
flag shall be illuminated.
Source: press release about the adoption of the flag of
Abruzzi.
Pascal Vagnat, 7 July 1999 and 2 May 2003
I suspect that this can be a wrong interpretatation. The law
say: "La bandiera della Regione Abruzzo è costituita da un
drappo di forma rettangolare con al centro lo stemma della
Regione, nei colori e nella forma individuati dalla L.R.
22.7.1986, n. 26, posto sul fondo di colore bordeaux brillante
contornato da una bordatura in colore oro; lo stemma ha
dimensioni pari a tre quinti dell'altezza della bandiera
medesima."
Translated: "The flag of the region of Abruzzi is formed by
a rectangular cloth with the arms of the region in the center, in
the colors and in the form stablished in LR 22.7.86 n. 26, push
in background of light bordeaux color and sourronded by golden
border. The arms have as size 3/5 of the hight of the flag."
If I understand correctly, and, as also Roberto Breschi, Mario
Dalcieri and Masimo Bonini among others think that sourronded by
gold border is not the flag but the arms.
Or perhaps Pascal interpreted correctly.
Jaume Olle', 3 May 2003
As I currently have the issues of Vexilla Italica, here are
some comments on the flag and the gonfalone of the "Regione
Abruzzo". The respective laws can be found at <leggi.regione.abruzzo.it/leggireg/1986/l026.htm>
(Coat of Arms and gonfalone) and <leggi.regione.abruzzo.it/leggireg/1999/l029.html>
(flag).
The Gonfalone is described as (Art.2) (my
translation): "The gonfalone of the region reproduces, in
the center, the arms according to the preceding Art. 1,
surmounted by the inscription "Regione Abruzzo", as in
the enclosed sketch "B" that forms an integral part of
the present law. The field is of brilliant-bordeaux colour,
surrounded by a border. The base is fringed at the peak, whereas
at the upper part there are the sleeves for the insertion of a
staff of glossy brass supporting the gonfalone. The border, the
fringe and the sleeves are of golden colours."
However, the sketches mentioned in the 1986 law are not available
in the web. It would be very helpful, if anybody who has actually
seen either the gonfalone itself (or a foto) or the sketch in the
law, could tell,
how wide the golden border in the gonfalone actually is. [zig86c] had mentioned that there
were no symbols of the region at the time. [zig87d] first described and showed
the CoA, as well as describing, but not showing the gonfalone;
this article also mentioned the unclear and misleading language
of the law, especially the border mentioned in the part about the
Coat of Arms (the border actually not delimiting the stripes, but
the whole shield) and the colour "bordeaux". In [dlc93a] there is a b/w sketch of the
gonfalone (basically as we have it below). The golden border
seems to be slightly wider than in Mello Luchtenberg's image of
the gonfalone (4 instead of 2 pixels), but I wouldn't bet on
that. The colour of the sleeves and the fringe should be golden
as well (see the law); as the colour image of the flag in [vxi00c] shows a somewhat brownish,
darker red, I would say, the gonfalone should also show this
colour (about RGB 204-0-51).
The flag is described in the 1999 law (Art. 1) (my translation):
"The flag of the Region Abruzzi consists of a cloth of
rectangular format, with the arms of the region, in the colours
and the form identified by the L.R. 22.7.1986, n. 26, in the
center, on a field of brilliant-bordeaux colour surrounded by a
border of golden colour; the arms has a size of 3/5 of the height
of the flag itself. The flag has a height of 2/3 of its
length." [zig96b] showed a
flag in the pattern of the gonfalone (i.e. with inscription), but
this was corrected in [vxi00c]:
the image in this article shows a brownish red field with the
Coat of Arms (bordered golden) in the center (no inscription),
and a golden fringe (no golden border!). Having read the law
about the flag as well as the law about the gonfalone, I would
say, that the CoA and the flag should have a golden border, as
interpreted by Pascal Vagnat. If the golden fringe in the image
in [vxi00c] is an interpretation
of this "golden border", I don't know. This is another
case of misleading law text; we definitely would need a foto of
an actual flag.
Literature: laws mentioned above, articles in Vexilla
Italica,[zig86c], [zig87d], [dlc93a],[zig96b]
and [vxi00c].
Marcus Schmöger, 17 May 2003
image by Mello Luchtenberg, 14 September 2001
The gonfalone and the arms were adopted on the 22nd July 1986.
The coat of arms is tierced per bend sinister argent, vert and
azure. The shield is of sannitic shape. The colors stands for the
snow, the woods and hills and the sea of Abruzzi. The gonfalone
is red with the coat of arms in the middle and the words Regione
Abruzzo in gold above.
Pascal Vagnat , 22 September 1998
See also a photo of the gonfalone from <www.regione.abruzzo.it>.
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image by Mello Luchtenberg, 2 May 2003
The shield is fimbriated in gold.
Pascal Vagnat, 2 May 2003
