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by Marcus Schmöger, 14 August 2002
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The flag of Venice (capital of Veneto)
is red with yellow ornament, and near the hoist a red field with
the lion in red and the same book open.
Pascal Vagnat, 22 September 1998
The Italian city of Venezia adopted a new flag, a new gonfalon
a new coat of arms and a new seal in 1996 and 1997. The new coat
of arms and the new gonfalon were adopted with a presidential
decret on the 6th November 1996. The new flag and the new seal
were adopted with a presidential decret on the 8th January 1997.
All the emblems were presented on a ceremony on Friday 22nd May
1998 at 11.am in the Ducal palace in Venezia with people in
middle-ages costumes.
One can see all these emblems at <www.clodianet.it>.
Follow the link "Il nuovo stemma della Città di
Venezia" (The new coat of arms of the city of venezia) or
<www.clodianet.it/araldica>
(follow then gonfalone (bottom) and bandiera (bottom) to see
their pictures). On these beautiful and interesting (even for non
Italian speaking people) pages are to be seen the big images of
the coat of arms (stemma), the seal (sigillo), the flag
(bandiera), the gonfalon (gonfalone). Follow each times the link.
There is a very detailed and legal information concerning the
emblems of Venezia through the history.
Other pages shows the coat of arms, the seal, the flag and the
gonfalon of the province of Venezia; the image of the different
civic crown in use in Italian heraldry (region, province, city,
commune, etc...) as well as example of use of these crowns. These
pages are really impressive with the information given and the
high quality of t