Corsica (France, Traditional province)

Corse

Last modified: 2004-07-03 by ivan sache
Keywords: corse | corsica | moor's head | tortil | headband | st. maurice |
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by Pierre Gay

• Description and use of the flag of Corsica
• Origin of the Moor's head
  • The Aragonese hypothesis
  • St. Maurice as the Moor

See also:

• France
• Traditional provinces
• Region
  • Corsica (Territorial Collectivity)
• Departments
  • Corse-du-Sud
  • Haute-Corse
• Corsica: Nationalist flags
• Corsica (France, Traditional province): Sport flags
• Corsican regiments in the service of France (XVIth century)
• Related use of the Moor's head on arms and flags
  • Sardinia (Italy)
  • Aragon (Spain)
  • Algarve (Portugal)

Description and use of the flag of Corsica

The flag of Corsica is white with a Moor's head in the middle. In Corsican, the flag is called a bandiera testa mora, the flag with the Moor's head.

Dorling-Kindersley Pocket Book [udk97] claims that this flag is the emblem of the Corsican separatists, but this is erroneous. This flag is the emblem of all<