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image by Mello Luchtenberg, 17 April 2001
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The gonfalon and the coat of arms were adopted on the 12th
June 1975. The coat of arms is of square shape. It is vert a
curvilinear cross argent per bend sinister. The gonfalon is green
with a Carroccio (a historical carriage) and the coat of
arms in the middle. The proportions are 3:2. The flag, non
official, is green with the cross.
Pascal Vagnat, 22 September 1998
The flag usually shown is green with a white device called
"Rosa camuna", a kind of cross which should represent a
prehistoric drawing made by Camuni, a people who lived in the
Lombard Camuna Valley.
The white flag with red cross is the flag of Milano, the major city of Lombardy. It
is also used by Lega Nord as its
own flag, but in this case there is a blue warrior over the
cross.
Giuseppe Bottasini, 22 November 1995
A collection of stamps issued by Lega Nord shows for Lombardia
a flag with a red cross on a white field having the typical blue
Visconti snake.
Mario Fabretto, 20 September 1996
In the region of Lombardy, a flag draft was suggested on 27
March 2002. The flag has the proportions 3:5 (the text says that
those is width of the flag 1.66 time (sic) the height), is white
with a red cross. The width cross is 1/10 the width of the flag.
In the bill it is located that "the flag is a historical
flag for Lombardy. This flag is still older and belongs to the
world of the cross knights. The flag is indeed a banner with the
sinking George cross that the lombardian knights had planted on
the wall of Jerusalem". The law regulates also the use of
the flag on and in official buildings.
Two remarks: the today's flag of the region Lombardy, which is
unfortunately not official, is green with the white "rosa
camuna". I find this flag more interesting than the simple
white flag with the red cross, which regards much too much to
different flags, like that from England, etc. I don't know which
party suggested the flag law, belongs, but the bill has the taste
of the "Lega north", thus the party of Umberto Bossi.
The flag of the Lega is already a white flag with the red cross
and also a blue knight. The bill can be seen at <www.consiglio.regione.lombardia.it>.
Pascal Vagnat, 9 July 2002
image by Mello Luchtenberg, 14 September 2001
I located a photo of the
gonfalone at <www.regione.lombardia.it>.
Jarig Bakker, 14 March 2001
image resized from wikipedia
Wikipedia has a large page on the national flag:
This flag in question is shown in wikipedia
as belonging to the Provisional Central Government of Lombardy (8
Apr 1848 - 2 Aug 1848). The motto appears on coins as well
Jan Mertens, 22 March 2009
I guess, the original of the colour intended - presumably, the
green coloured material have degraded in shade with years and the
actual example of the flag that is (or was, at some point?)
preserved have this brownish-yellow-khaki shade.
Željko Heimer, 27 March 2009
