Last modified: 2003-07-18 by dov gutterman
Keywords: italy | padania | orobia | venice | lion |
Links: FOTW homepage |
search |
disclaimer and copyright |
write us |
mirrors
by Jaume Olle', 17 December 2000
See also:
This flag on top is neither the actual flag of "Liga Veneta" (= Northern
League Venetian section), nor the flag of the "Serenissimi"
("Serenisimi" in Venetian language), indipendentist
movement from Veneto, who became famous in 1997 for having
"conquered" for some hours the famous Bell-Tower of St.
Mark in Venice.
Northern League reused the flag with the sword as the "Flag
of Orobia" (= Eastern Lombardy, Provinces of Bergamo and
Brescia, which were once dominated by the "Serenisima")
where people speak a "dialect" quite different from
Western Lombardy (or "Insubria") and hardly
understandable for other people: in Italian, when we hear a
strange word or phrase, we may say "Che č,
bergamasco?" (= What is this? Bergamo idiom?). You can see a
small gif at <www.padaniacity.com>.
I daresay that's the top flag modified with blue background!)
Paolo Montanelli, 20 March 2003
It is not the flag of Liga Veneta, but the flag of Eastern
Lombardy ("Orobia"): in a project by Lega Nord (even if
it's not the official political line of the party) the present
Lombardy should be divided in two parts: "Insubria" (Western Lombardy) and
"Orobia" (Eastern Lombardy).
Paolo Montanelli, 1 May 2003
The military pattern old Venetian Republic flag (with dark red
border) is used by the Serenisima Republic, and now adopted
by the Orobico autonomist but with the border changed to gold,
and its devices to blue, and the central rectangle changed from
dark red to blue according to <www.padaniacity.com>.
Jaume Olle', 2 May 2003
North League has a different flag for Eastern Lombardy (called
Austrasia). So there is two movements claiming a region of
Eastern Lombardy? (one Leghiste and other disident?). In my notes
Orobia and Austrasia are two different entities: Orobia is
Western Veneto, and Austrasia is Eastern Lombardy. Besides, it is
not the flag of Liga Veneta, but the flag of Eastern Lombardy
("Orobia").
Jaume Olle', 13 May 2003
What's "Austrasia"? I know only a region called Austrasia about 1,500 years ago and it was not in Northern Italy but in present Central Germany (<www.wikipedia.org>). Even if I never heard about it, I've found some websites referring to Eastern Lombardy as "Austrasia". But they are very few. Instead, a lot of pages refers to Bergamo/Bčrghem as &q
