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City of Alexandria Flag

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City of Alexandria Flag

The red cross on white: the flag of Alessandria

The flag of Alessandria is a white field with a red cross running from edge to edge. These are the colours of the city's coat of arms and gonfalone, the white and red in which the people of Alessandria recognise themselves.

The coat of arms of the griffins

The Statute of the City of Alessandria takes up the coat of arms as described by the decree of the Head of Government of 6 March 1941: «argent a cross gules», surrounded by two branches of oak and laurel tied with a ribbon in the national colours, supported by two griffins with spread wings and topped by the city crown. Below, the motto: DEPRIMIT ELATOS LEVAT ALEXANDRIA STRATOS, Alessandria brings down the proud and raises up the fallen.

The white and red gonfalone

The Comune's gonfalone, which the Statute describes with care, is also a white cloth with the red cross, closed by a border marked with a red fillet that carries the same motto in Roman letters. The flag keeps its heart: the white field and the red cross, with no inscriptions and no ornaments, to be flown on any occasion.

Born against Barbarossa

Alessandria is a city born with a battle name. In 1168 it was named in honour of Pope Alexander III, supporter of the Lombard League, the alliance of the northern communes against the emperor Frederick Barbarossa. And it was Barbarossa himself who besieged it at length, between 1174 and 1175, without managing to bend it. Ever since, the city's name has recalled that resistance.

From Palazzo Rosso to the squares

The seat of the Comune is in Piazza della Libertà, in the building the people of Alessandria simply call «Palazzo Rosso». It is there, at the Comune's solemn ceremonies, that the white gonfalone with the red cross is carried; and the same red cross on white can fly from balconies and in the squares when the city celebrates its anniversaries.

Who chooses it

For anyone from Alessandria or with roots in the city and its province, for those who live far away and carry the colours of home, for the Comune and its offices, for schools, for associations, civic anniversaries and neighbourhood festivals, for fans of Alessandria's teams, for a restaurant or a shop selling Piedmontese products, for the tourist who wants a souvenir of the city. We sew it to order, in the size and fabric you choose above, and you see the delivery date before you pay.

Flag facts

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Use
Not applicable
Proportions
2:3
Number of colours
2
Colour
RedWhite

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