Presidential standard of Italy

The current version is based on the square flag of the Napoleonic Italian Republic, on a field of blue, charged with the emblem of Italy in gold.

[1] The standard is kept in the custody of the Commander of the Reggimento Corazzieri of the Arma dei Carabinieri, along with the war flag (assigned to Regiment in 1878).

76 dated 22 September 1965 the president Giuseppe Saragat, on the impulse of the defense ministry of Italy, chose the first standard "model 1965", which included a savoy blue, whose use was maintained even in the Republican era, square field defaced with the emblem of the Republic, 3 / 5 of the side of the cloth, in gold.

[1][8] Finally, by decree of the president of the Republic of 9 October 2000, published in the Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 241 of 14 October 2000, the president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi introduced the fourth standard "2000 model", the standard currently in use, which recalls the flag of the historic Italian Republic of 1802-1805.

[1] The standard currently in use was taken into orbit on board the International Space Station by astronaut Umberto Guidoni and shown during the video conference with President Ciampi on 25 April 2001.