Venice - Historical flags (Italy)

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Last modified: 2003-07-05 by dov gutterman
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• Historical flags of Venice
• Venice War Flag
• Flags According to Steenbergen Book (1862)

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• Venice
• Italy
• Italian historical flags
• Italian regions
• Veneto
• Lombardo-Veneto Kingdom
• Lagunari

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• Roberto Breschi Site

Historical flags of Venice

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by Jaume Ollé, 9 November 1998

2)
by Jaume Ollé, 9 November 1998

The first venetian flag is dated from 1177 and bears several representations of Saint Marco. In the XIV century the lion appear (with the face of Saint Marco). It was red on white background and is quoted also in golden on blue background. I don't have real images of this flags and I made the reconstruction in the modern ratio 2:3.
Jaume Ollé, 9 November 1998

by Jaume Ollé, 9 November 1998

In the end of the XIV century the background started to be red and the lion golden. A variant of this flag is rep