The flag of the

Italian region The regions of Italy ( it, regioni d'Italia) are the first-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic, constituting its second NUTS administrative level. There are twenty regions, five of which have higher autonomy than the rest. U ...

of Friuli-Venezia Giulia ( it, Bandiera del Friuli-Venezia Giulia; fur, Bandiere dal Friûl-Vignesie Julie) depicts a golden eagle facing to its right standing on white fortifications on a blue background.

Symbolism

The colours (gold and blue) originate from the historic flag of Friuli used by the medieval

Patria del Friuli The Patria del Friuli ( la, Patria Fori Iulii, fur, Patrie dal Friûl) was the territory under the temporal rule of the Patriarch of Aquileia and one of the ecclesiastical states of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1420, the Republic of Venice acquir ...

– a state that was independent from 1077 to 1420 and ruled by the

Patriarchate of Aquileia The Patriarchate of Aquileia was an episcopal see in northeastern Italy, centred on the ancient city of Aquileia situated at the head of the Adriatic, on what is now the Italian seacoast. For many centuries it played an important part in histor ...

. The symbols of the eagle comes from the name of the ancient city of Aquileia, which, according to popular legend, derived from an eagle () who showed the first citizens the spot where the ancient city should be founded. The modern flag, adopted in 2001, uses an eagle design found on an antique vase kept in a museum in Aquileia.

History

File:Friuli Flag.svg,

File:Flag of the County of Gorizia.svg,

County of Gorizia The County of Gorizia ( it, Contea di Gorizia, german: Grafschaft Görz, sl, Goriška grofija, fur, Contee di Gurize), from 1365 Princely County of Gorizia, was a State of the Holy Roman Empire. Originally mediate ''Vogts'' of the Patriarchs of ...

File:Flag of the Kingdom of Illyria.svg, Kingdom of Illyria (1816–1849) File:Flag of Görz und Gradisca.svg,

Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca The Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca (german: Gefürstete Grafschaft Görz und Gradisca; it, Principesca Contea di Gorizia e Gradisca; sl, Poknežena grofija Goriška in Gradiščanska), historically sometimes shortened to and spelled " ...

(1754–1919) File:Flag of Imperial Free City of Trieste.svg,

Imperial Free City of Trieste The Imperial Free City of Trieste and its Territory (german: Reichsunmittelbare Stadt Triest und ihr Gebiet, it, Città Imperiale di Trieste e Dintorni) was a possession of the Habsburg monarchy in the Holy Roman Empire from the 14th century to 1 ...

(1849–1922) File:Free Territory Trieste Flag.svg, Free Territory Trieste (1947–1954)

References

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