January 7th, "Festa del Tricolore"

Today, we celebrate the Italian flag, the Tricolore—symbol of the Republic and an emblem of unity, innovation, and excellence! At Maflex, these values are central, and "Reliability Made in Lucca" is a true statement of quality.

The Festa del Tricolore, or National Flag Day, was established to commemorate the first adoption and approval of the flag on January 7th, 1797.

The Origins of the Tricolore

Like other national flags, the Italian Tricolore was inspired by the Transalpine flag introduced during the French Revolution. For more than two centuries of Italian history, the flag has been present at all the most important events, symbolizing liberty and self-determination or being revolutionary and then republican.

The national colors began to appear at the end of the 18th century, initially on cockades and later on military banners. Popular regard for the flag grew throughout the following century, eventually becoming the symbol of the Risorgimento until the establishment of the Republic in 1948.

What are the meanings of the colors of the Tricolore?

The term "tricolore" refers to flags made up of three colors, displayed in three vertical or horizontal bands of equal size.

Originating from the Transalpine flag, which was born from the union of the monarchy's white with the red and blue colors of Paris, the colors of the Italian flag also have their own meanings.

Historical reconstruction suggests that the first Italian Tricolore combined the white and red of the Milanese coat of arms with the green of the Milanese civic militia that sided with Napoleon to free Italy from the Austrians.

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Another version argues that the green could symbolize natural rights, namely equality and liberty, and during the Napoleonic era, the three colors took on more idealistic meanings: green for hope, white for faith, and red for love.

Some theories suggest that the adoption of green could be a nod to the Italian landscape, and another attempt to explain the meanings of the three colors—without historical basis—is particularly romantic: green linked to the color of the meadows and Mediterranean scrub, white to the snows of the Italian mountains, and red to the blood shed by Italian soldiers in many wars. Giosuè Carducci, in his speech on the centenary of the Tricolore, described green as a spring of hope, the white of the Alps as a faith and constancy of ideals, and red as the flames and volcanoes representing passion and the blood of martyrs and heroes.

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