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Cisalpine Republic adopts its tricolour banner, 1798
- When
- 11 May 1798
- Where
- Cisalpine Republic (site not specified)
After the merger of the Cispadane and Transpadane Republics, the Cisalpine Republic adopted a vertical square tricolour without badge in 1798.
The Cispadane Republic and the Transpadane Republic merged in 1797 into the Cisalpine Republic, which adopted the vertical square tricolour without badge in 1798. Originally its colours were arranged horizontally with green at the top, but on 11 May 1798 the Grand Council chose as the national banner an Italian tricolour with the colours arranged vertically.
Sources
- Flag of Italy Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-10
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