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Flag of Toscana

The flag of Tuscany is the official flag of the region of Tuscany, Italy.

Flag of Toscana
Coat of arms
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The flag, in figures

Every fact about the flag, each with what it means.

Proportions
2:33 wide for every 2 high. 989 flags in the catalogue share it.
Properties
Normal flagFIAV symbol: the form of the flag.
Use
CivilFIAV symbol: who may fly the flag.
Adopted
19951995 · 31 years ago
Colours
  • Red
  • White
  • Grey
Reference shades: the official one may vary slightly.
Coat of arms
YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.

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The colours it is made of.

  • Red

  • White

  • Grey

How it is described

The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.

Vexillological description

Es un paño rectangular de proporción 2:3, blanco, con dos franjas rojas horizontales y un Pegaso de plata en el centro.

Franjas rojas
dos, horizontales, una cerca del borde superior y otra cerca del inferior.
Pegaso
de plata (gris), alzado, centrado entre las dos franjas rojas.

Descripción heráldica

Un Pegaso de plata sobre campo de gules.

The colours of the arms

Plata:
white
Gules:
red

Blasón oficial aprobado el 03-02-1995. Boletín no localizado.

What it carries

Each element and how many of the 1,390 flags in the catalogue carry it. In yellow, the rarest.

The full story

How it was born, how it has changed and what it means.

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Test what you have read about the flag of Toscana.

  1. 1. Which one is the flag of Toscana?

  2. 2. In heraldry, what colour is “Gules”?

  3. 3. Which of these elements appears on the flag?

  4. 4. What are the proportions (height:width) of the flag?

Sources

Text based on the article “Bandera de Toscana” from the Spanish Wikipedia, published under the licence CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Credits

Flag image: Angelo Romano, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0.

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