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by Roberto Breschi from CISV
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The gonfalon was adopted on the 20th May 1975 and readopted
with the coat of arms on the 3rd February 1995. The coat of arms
is a sannitic shield, gules a Pegasus argent. The gonfalon is
white with two narrow vertical red stripes, and the Pegasus in
the middle. The words Regione Toscana appear under in
silver. The Pegasus was the symbol of the Toscan National
Liberation Committee during the Second World War.
Pascal Vagnat, 22 September 1998
The white on red stripes are possibly derived from the
red-white-red triband (the Austrian colours) adopted by Tuscany
in the latter half of the 18th Century and dropped in 1848.
Christopher Southworth, 14 September 2003
The pegasus image on the flag, gonfanon and arms has been
taken from a coin made by the Florentine artist Benvenuto Cellini
(the one who made the famous Perseo statue) in 1537.
This coin can be seen in the National Museum of Bargello in
Florence. White and red have been the traditional colors of
Toscana since long time, not only during the Grand-Ducal period.
Also note that white and red are the traditional colors of most
Tuscan towns, including Firenze, Pistoia, Lucca,
Pisa and Grosseto.
Alessandro Paccagnini, 26 August 2004
by Roberto Breschi from CISV
by Mello Luchtenberg, 8 October 2001
4 kinds of Coat of Arms and some 4 kinds of 'marchi' (Italian
for 'logo'?) at <www.regione.toscana.it/ita/stemma>
Jarig Bakker, 11 September 1999
Flag of the famous Chianti wine area appear at two variants in
a commercial site:
- Black
rooter on orange field
- Black
rooter on white field.
Both flags seems to have no official status.
Dov Gutterman. 18 November 2004