Posted by Joe Bissett on December 08, 2007 at 15:40:45:
In Reply to: Re: The Italian Flag posted by Vince Durso on December 08, 2007 at 13:09:18:
Vince, You did a lot of research. But from what I found searching the web - again using google: the Green = Hope, the White = Faith and the Red = Charity.
Very interesting.
Joe
: I thought some of our educated crew might want to take a stab at this and prior to going to "Google" I got at least one color correctly, thinking that the red was for blood spilt in war or freedom. The meaning from one of the "Google" webs is as follows:
: The first entity to use the Italian flag was the Cispadane Republic in 1796, after Napoleon's army crossed Italy. During this time, many small republics based on the Jacobian model, were formed and almost all used the French tricolour with different colours. The colours chosen by the Cispadane Republic were red and white, the colours of the Flag of Milan, and green which was the colour of the uniform of the Lombard Legion [1].
: Some have tried to attribute some particular values to the colours and a common interpretation is that the green represents the country's plains and the hills; white, the snowy Alps; and red, the blood spilt in the Italian Independence wars. A more religious interpretation is that the green represents hope, the white represents faith and the red represents charity. This interpretation references the three theological virtues.