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by Mello Luchtenberg, 18 April 2001
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Sicily Coat of Arms is taken from: http://www.regione.sicilia.it/
located by Jarig Bakker 1999
The gonfalon and the coat of arms were adopted on the 28th
July 1990. The coat of arms is a XIXc. French shield divided per
bend or and gules with a three-legged emblem charged with the
head of a gorgon in flesh color. The gonfalon is quartered yellow
and red with on a blue field a XIXc. French shield quartered: in
the first, azure a bend checkered argent and gules; in the
second, argent a crowned eagle sable; in the third, argent the
three-leggs emblem in flesh color; in the fourth or four pales
gules flanked by two crowned eagles sable on a field argent. The
words Regione siciliana appear in white under. There
isn’t any official flag.
Pascal Vagnat, 22 September 1998
Sicily adopted 20 July 1982 arms and gonfanon. 17 May 1988 the
arms were modified (I don't have information about the gonfanon,
but perhaps was never manufactured). 15 December 1988 was adopted
the current design of arms that were included in the gonfanon.
Jaume Olle , 25 September 1998
These dates are strange. The only date I have is the one I
gave: 28th July 1990. The law didn't abolish a former one
Pascal Vagnat, 26 September 1998
The flag on top is listed under number 56 at the chart
"Flags of Aspirant Peoples" [asp] as : "Sicily (Sicilia) -
South Italy." - Banner of the arms described above.
Ivan Sache , September 1999
Law 1 dated 4 Jauary 2000 adopting the regional flag (until
now the flag was only unofficial) was published in "Gazzeta
ufficiales della regione siciliana" in issue 1 year 54,
dated in palermo Friday 7 Januay 2000. The flag is 2:3 and the
emblem (stemma) is 3/5 of the flag
Article 1 of the law dated 28 July 1990 is ammended in order to
add the flag as "simboli uffficiale della Regione"
(official symbol of the region)
Flag must be hoisted at 15 May (autonomy day) 25 May (date of the
first sesion of the regional assembly) and when is disposed by
the president of the region
Flag is dispalyed in the outside of the Regional Assembly,
Presidency of the region, central and peripherical offices of the
regional government and their dependences, dependencies under
control of the region, houses of the sicilian provinces, and in
the sicilian communes (also in Sicilian university and scholastic
institute). It also must be hoisted when people vote for the
regional assembly, in the votation hedquartes and dependencies.
Source: Official gazette posted to me by Mario Dalcieri
Jaume Olle', 18 June 2000
There is the flag (or gonfalone) with the coat of arms in the
center. The arms are described as: French shield quartered: in
the first, azure a bend checkered argent and gules; in the
second, argent a crowned eagle sable; in the third, argent the
three-leggs emblem in flesh color; in the fourth or four pales
gules flanked by two crowned eagles sable on a field argent. The
words Regione siciliana appear in white under.
Dirk Schonberger, 31 October 2000
Outside a coffee shop near my home in Brookline (MA), USA, is
a flag which it is divided diagonally yellow over red (yellow was
uppermost and not red as in the official flag) . The owner said
it was "the flag of Sicily" and that the device thereon
(which I could not see, the flag hanging just the wrong way) was
the "trinacria". The official Sicilian flag is
diagonally red over yellow and has a full CoA in the center. Is
the one at the coffee shop an unofficial variant or an official
one or just an error?
Al Kirsch, 10 August 2000
Currently the Trinacria is a bit different and certainly is
diagonally divided red and yellow. Until some months ago a flag
with arms was "de facto" flag, but in year 2000 a
new flag was adopted, with a different CoA.
Jaume Olle', 10 August 2000
This is the official Sicilian flag, finally approved by a
recent law in the Sicilian Parliament.
Daniel Taddone, 8 November 2000
It is not exactly, but very close. Image in a issue 18 of Flag
report.
Jaume Olle', 11 November 2000
On Sicily, I didrepeatedly see the regional flag of Sicily -
the red and yellow diagonal bicolor with the Trinacria at the
center; One finds it in front of hotels, a few shops and flying
from city halls. The same design (as a shield) is worn by police
as lapel insignia in their service uniform.
Norman Martin, 26 November 2000
According to Roberto Breschi the official flag is
charged with the shield. However since the diagonal line on the
shield isn't connected the the diagonal line of the flag, this
official flag is rarely used and the flag in use is the one
without with the shield.
Dov Gutterman, 2 August 2001
by Mello Luchtenberg, 29 July 2002
Based on a photo from <www.dieli.net/SicilyPage/MapsAndSymbols/banner.html
>.
Mello Luchtenberg, 29 July 2002
by Jaume Olle', 10 August 2000
Sicily has an official symbol, the Trinacria, something like
the device of Isle of Man.
Giuseppe Bottasini, 22 November 1995
Curiously enough, there has been some academic work done to
establish whether there is a connection between the Manx and
Sicilian three-legged emblem. I think the consensus is that it is
just a coincidence. There's a theory that the Sicilian legs
reflect the island's supposed triangular shape, but I think
that's a little weak given the historical vagueness of maps of
the island. One difference between the two emblems is that the
Manx legs are always armored, currently in full armor and
historically in chain mail. The Sicilian legs, however, are
always bare - which may be a reflection on the climatic
differences between the Med and the Irish Sea! In its traditional
form the Sicilian device had a Mesusa's head at the junction of
the three legs. Make of that symbolism what you will!
Stuart Notholt, 9 October 1996
The flag (a red and yellow stripes of Catalonia, with a
"Trinacria" in the canton was used in the last times of
the WWII. Later was used a yellow flag with the
"Trinacria" (this a spanish word, but I don't remember
the translate; this is simlar to the emblem of Man) .On 20 July
1982 were adopted the arms and the gonfalon The suposed flag
should be diagonal yellow and red with the shield in the center.
Similar one is reported in the australian poster of aspirant
peoples .On 17 May 1988 a variation was operate in the arms and
perhaps the flag was little changed (a diagonal blue narrow
stripe between yellow and red was added). In December 1988 a
discusion was started for regioanl symbols. After very complicate
administrative resolutions a similar previous flag (the one
without blue stripe), arms and gonfanon were adopted 28 July
1990.
Jaume Olle', 3 August 1997
Also on view (in Athens BTW) as part of an advertisement to
visit Sicily for the Universiad later this month. The triskelion
is shown upon a bhutanese-style flag, square.
Herman De Wael, 6 August 1997
According to the World Encyclopedia of Flags, by A.
Znamierovski, 1999: 'The triskelion (from the Greek
"three-legged") is one of the oldest symbols known to
mankind. The earliest representations of it were found in
prehistoric rock carvings in northern Italy. It also appears on
Greek vases and coins from the 6th and 8th centuries BC., and was
revered by Norse and Sicilian peoples. The Sicilian version has a
representation of the head of Medusa in the center. The Manx
people believe that the triskelion came from
Scandinavia. According to Norse mythology, the triskelion
was a symbol of the movement of the sun through the heavens.'
Jarig Bakker , 27 April 2000
I am interested to find out if there is a Norse connection
between the two three legged flags of the Isle of Man and Sicily?
I have seen a few comparisons between the two, but none point to
a very important similarity. Norwegian Vikings settled the
Isle of Man and had a kingdom there until the
13th Century, While the Normans (descendant of
Norwegian Vikings) created a kingdom in Sicily themselves in
the 11th and 12th Centuries.So is this the same symbol? Was
it brought to Sicily by the Normans as part of their Scandinavian
territory?
Mike Jones, 30 September 2002
Around the years 1060/1090, Sicily, where several emirs ruled
before, was conquered by the Normans that established a dinasty.
This can be the orign of the trinacria?
Jaume Olle', 1 October 2002
from http://www.duesicilie.org/
This movement for the autonomy of the whole southern Italy
uses vertical RYR flag At: http://www.duesicilie.org/
and at: http://www.duesicilie.org/manifestoNF-eng.html
a vertical RY flag
Jarig Bakker, 23 October 1999
While visiting http://www.duesicilie.org
, I noticed that they are using now a red over yellow flag with a
CoA (not the same as on the region official flag) with
inscription on the red stripe
Dov Gutterman, 13 August 2000
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