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Friuli - Venezia Giulia Region (Italy)

Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia

Last modified: 2002-12-07 by dov gutterman
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by Mello Luchtenberg, 16 April 2001



See also:

Provinces:

  • Gorizia
  • Pordenone
  • Trieste
  • Udine
  • Communities:


    Friuli-Venezia Giulia

    A blue flag with a golden eagle is the old flag of Patriarchate of Aquileia (circa 1000-1420) and a flag for Friuli. It is also possible to see a blue flag with the golden eagle and, near the hoist, vertically placed, the word Friul in yellow
    Mario Fabretto, 20 September 1996

    The gonfalon and the coat of arms were adopted on the 8th December 1967. The coat of arms is azure an eagle taking flight or on a mural crown argent. The gonfalon is blue with the coat of arms in the middle and the words Regione autonoma Friuli-Venezia Giulia in gold. The flag, not officially approved, is blue with the coat of arms in the middle. The region issued a decree concerning the use of the coat of arms and the gonfalon on the 5th March 1970. The region has also a car flag (guidoncini) for the authorities of the region. This last is blue with the coat of arms.
    Pascal Vagnat, 22 September 1998

    I've been to Friuli this September. The flag of the region (eagle on mural crown), with added inscription "FRIUL" probably does not exist. The official flag is really an official flag, and it is not used by the citizens (-S-/---). What Mario Fabretto describes, is a flag with a different eagle, which we have at Padanian flag of Friuli. This flag is actually the widely used as unofficial civil flag (C--/---) of Friuli-Venezia-Giulia. The variant with the inscription (see Flag in Use) can be seen as well, but less frequently.
    Marcus Schmöger, 22 November 2002


    Flag in Use


    by Marcus Schmöger, 22 November 2002


    Friuli Nationalist Flags


    by Anto'nio Martins, 15 October 2002


    by Anto'nio Martins, 15 October 2002


    by Anto'nio Martins, 15 October 2002

    The nationalist movement in Friuli was hoisted a flag blue, yellow blue horizontal. This information have for source Vexilla Catalana, december 1985, numer 2.
    Jaume Olle', 8 September 1996

    There isn't any true nationalist movement in Friuli. You have better speak of autonomous movements which would separate Friuli from Triest. The Friuli-Venezia Giulia region was created after the WWII incorporating the province of Udine (friulan) and the provinces of Gorizia and Triest, which, before, together with Zara, Pola and later Lubiana (I use the italian names for Zadar, Pula and Ljubliana) constituted the Venezia Giulia region. So the today composed name. Because friulans identifies themselves as a ladin nation, they would like to have more autonomy from the regional government which has its seat in Triest. Actually very few people think to separate Udine (and Pordenone, which province was created in the sixties) from the rest of the region, and friulan nationalism is mostly a cultural movement than a political one. The blue-yellow-blue flag is almost completely unknown to population. The colors are indeed friulans, originating in the ancient standard of the Patriarchate of Aquileia, and they appear on the provincial flags of Udine and Gorizia, on the regional flag and on many civic flags. Sometimes a yellow five pointed star was added in the canton on the blue stripe, but I never saw such flags flown by people. On the contrary the light blue flag with the golden Patriarchate eagle is widely exposed everywhere in Friuli, often with a "Friul" vertically placed toward the hoist (see Flag in Use).
    Mario Fabretto, 8 October 1996

    The Friolano lenguage is represented by a horizontal yellow-blue bicolor at <www.sci.uniud.it/~righini> and by horizontal yellow-blue bicolor with a eagle at <www.infotech.it/faedis>.
    Dov Gutterman , 4 September 1999

    Vexilla Catalana issue 2 reported Flag of friule nationalist B-Y-B horizontal. Seems that Y-B are the colors of Friule
    Jaume Olle' , 6 September 1999

    This first flag is listed under number 45 at the chart "Flags of Aspirant Peoples" [asp] as Friuli (Friuls, Furlanians) - North-East Italy flag.
    Ivan Sache, 9 September 1999

    This flag has an uncorrect description. This flag was proposed in 1966 by Giorgio  Jus (that, by the way, was one of leader of a regional party called "Movimento Friuli") as an easier alternative to the golden Eagle ("Acuile") for a new popular flag of Friuli. Nowadays is used only as a "ferial" flag, because for the solemnity the Eagle is preferred. The proportions are 2x3.
    Matteo Colaone, 26 September 2000

    Friulan call themselves "Furlans", in italian "Friulani". Their language is the "Furlan", in italian "Friulano".
    Matteo Colaone, 11 November 2000