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Carrara (Tuscany, Italy)

Cittá di Carrara

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The Historical Flag


by Jaume Ollé, 25 January 1996

Carrara is located in the Tuscany region. The flag of Carrara is simple: white field with the shield.
Jaume Ollé, 25 January 1996

Carrara city was under the rule of the Ugolini family. After the end of this family rule it was under the rule of the Cybo family (princes of Massa 1568, dukes of Massa and princes of Carrara 1664) and when Cybo family rule ended,Carrara was transmited due to matrimony to Este Family (Modena rulers) 1741. Carrara was merged in 1805 into the pincipality of Lucca, but 1815 in Viena Congress was asigned (togheter with Massa) to Modena.
Jaume Ollé, 10 October 1998

At J.W Norie - J.S. Hobbs: Flaggen aller seefahrenden Nationen, 1971 [nor71] (original print 1848):
196 Carrara - As above, except the blue is a wall of three layers of bricks, and what's yellow on our page is