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The gonfalone appears on a Premio
Artiglio page. Under the artificial light, the cloth looks
rather garish, and there is an ornamental bow added in the
national colours.
Explanation (translated from Italian from <www.radicedidue.com>):
"Obverse: blue drape surrounded by two friezes and ending at
the bottom with six tails, crossed over with an ivory-white band
with olive twigs.
In the center, on a white field, the emblem of the province is
surrounded by a wreath of laurel.
Reverse: white-edged ivory blue drape, crossed by festoons of
ears of wheat and charges with the arms ofthe communities of
Viareggio, Pietrasanta, Lucca, Castelnuovo Garfagnana, Barga in
Camaiore" (Decree of the President of the Republic on 30
December 1956).
The panther rampant in the arms is a clear reminder of the same
animal that, from the fourteenth century, appeared to support the
city."
Confirmation is found in the official description (in Italian) at
Statutes,
Article 3, points 2-5.
Jan Mertens and Dov Gutterman, 30 July 2002 and
1 March 2008
image from <www.radicedidue.com>,
located by Dov Gutterman, 30 July 2002
Here is my photography of
the gonfalone of Lucca.
Marcus Schmöger, 5 March 2008
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image from <domino.mnet.it>,
located by Jarig Bakker, 5 January 2000
