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by Roberto Breschi from CISV
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Trieste isn't a region but a town, the capital of the region
Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and also a province in this region. The
flag of Trieste as well as the flag of the former Free Territory
of Trieste, are plain red with the top of a lance in
white.The proportions I found are 7:10, but there could be other.
Pascal Vagnat, 22 September 1998
The exact name for the lance is "halberd" (in
Italian "alabarda"), like the lance used by the Vatican
Swiss Guard.
Paolo Zaccaria, 16 June 2000
According to my handy encyclopedia, the pole-arm whose head
appears on these Trieste flags is called a ranseur. A
halberd has an ax-head in place of one of the hooks
John Ayer, 5 October 2000
Although technically the Trieste's coat of arm should be named
ranseur rather than helberd, everybody in Trieste name
it "alabarda", i.e. helberd.
Paolo Zaccaria, 7 April 2005
from <www.retecivica.trieste.it>,
located by Jarig Bakker , 27 Febuary 2000
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by Alex Belfi, 29 September 2000
This is the coat of arms of Trieste, but it represented the
whole Trieste territory, which is the small region of which
Trieste is part, giving its name to it; so, i disagree with
Pascal Vagnat (on your site), who says that Trieste isn't a
region but a town, because actually it's both of them. This coat
of arms was the official coat of arms of the Free Territory of
Trieste as mentioned in the consitution of the FTT. It was mainly
used in Zone A. This coat of arms in not used officially today;
but it is commonly used as general identification for this
territory, and politically by independentists (i.e. people who
want to bring back the FTT).
Alex Belfi, 29 September 2000
by Ivan Sache
" Trieste (Associazione per Trieste autonomy movement) -
North-East Italy." - Red field with a white spearhead.
This flag is listed under number 48 at the chart "Flags of
Aspirant Peoples" [eba94].
Ivan Sache
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by Paolo Zaccaria, 16 June 2000
From 1382 to 1918 Trieste was Austrian, so the previous flag
was a golden halberd on an Austrian flag (red/white/red
horizontal stripes).
The coat of arms of the town was similar and was confered by the
emperor Friedrich III of Habsburg in 1464. Here is a scan of a
more recent copy of the conferal document, dated 1691 and
conserved in the Trieste's library.
Paolo Zaccaria, 16 June 2000
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by Alex Belfi, 29 September 2000
This coat of arms was used before World War II and most of the
times (and officially after 1933), it featured a fascio
Alex Belfi, 29 September 2000