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The gonfalon and the coat of arms were adopted on the 22nd
June 1973. The coat of arms is argent four wavy fess azure. The
gonfalon is blue with the coat of arms in the middle and the
words Regione Basilicata in gold above.
Pascal Vagnat, 22 September 1998
Basilicata adopted on the 6 April 1999 a blue flag with the
coat of arms of the region in the middle (argent four fesses wavy
azure). The region adopted also an official regional day, the
20th May, which shall be the "Day of the Lucani of the world
[Lucani=inhabitants of Lucania, which is the present region of
Basilicata] " ("Giornata dei Lucani nel Mondo").
On that Day shall be flown the official flag of the region.
Sources: Press releases from Basilicata.
Pascal Vagnat, 6 July 1999
According the law, the flag doesn't show the name of the
region.
Source: <www.ital-uil.it>.
Pascal Vagnat, 2 May 2003
The arms and the gonfalone of "Regione Basilicata"
have been adopted by law of 22 June 1973 (Bollettino Ufficiale,
25 July 1973). The text can be found in [zig86c]; the important parts follow
(plus my translation):
"Art. 1 - Lo stemma della Regione Basilicata è costituito
da una fascia di quattro onde di azzurro in campo argento.
Art. 2 - Il gonfalone è di colore azzurro mare, reca al centro
lo stemma di cui all'articolo precedente e in alto l'iscrizione
centrata in oro "Regione Basilicata". (...)"
[Art. 1 - The arms of the region Basilicata consists of a fess of
four blue waves on a silver field. Art. 2 - The gonfalone is of
sea-blue colour, and shows in the center the arms according to
the preceding article and above the centered inscription in gold
"Regione Basilicata". (...)]
The four waves represent the four major rivers of the region:
Basenot, Agri, Bradano, Sinni. A sketch of the gonfalone was
shown in [dlc93a].
A flag was first mentioned in [zig96b],
but with the text "flag not known, copy of gonfalone".
The flag sketch in this article indeed showed the flag with the
inscription, as we had below as Variant. [vxi00c] finally mentions the
official adoption of the flag and corrects the flag image
(ommitting the inscription). The colour image shows a dark blue
field and a bigger CoA (3/5 of the flag height as regulated in
the law) with a thin yellow border.
Sources: flag law 6-4-1999 at <www.ital-uil.it>,
[zig86c], [dlc93a],[zig96b]
and [vxi00c].
Marcus Schmöger, 18 May 2003
image by Mello Luchtenberg, 15 April 2001
Here is a photo of the flag.
The flag with the name is a variation.
Pascal Vagnat , 6 July 1999 and 2 May 2003
image by Marcus Schmöger, 18 May 2003
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Construction sheet
image by Johnny Andersson, 10 August 2005
Construction sheet for the logo. The blue is specified as
Pantone 2945. Background is grey or white. No golden border.
Construction sheet and color specification is available at the
regional website. Colors were provided both in PMS and with RGB
specified. I don't know how official these are but it's the
closest thing to official specifications anyway. Please note that
the site also specified variants of the logo colors, which may
explain why there're so many different designs.
Johnny Andersson, 10 and 11 August 2005
As far as I know about regional flags in Italy, these are not
really defined in detail, therefore there are many variants
around. I guess Johnny Andersson refers to <www.basilicatanet.it>.
As far as I can see, this mainly refers to the use of the arms in
printing and on websites (as frequently with corporate identity).
The flag and the gonfalone are not mentioned. And I guess, the
colours would not look good on an actual flag (the blue is too
greyish).
Marcus Schmöger, 12 August 2005
