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Ticino Flag

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Ticino Flag

Red above, blue below: the Ticino flag

The flag of the Canton of Ticino has just two colours: red at the top and blue at the bottom, in two horizontal bands. No coat of arms, no lettering. It is the Ticino flag, the flag of the only Swiss canton that lies entirely south of the Alps, reaching down from the mountains to the edge of the Po plain.

The coat of arms and the flag are not the same

Few people know it: Ticino's coat of arms, set by article 3 of the cantonal Constitution, is «per pale red and blue»: the two colours stand side by side, divided vertically. The flag instead puts them one above the other, as decided back in 1804 and restated on 6 October 1930: «the colours are arranged perpendicular to the pole, the red colour being at the top».

May 1803: the colours of a newborn canton

Ticino chose its colours as soon as it was born. In 1803 the Act of Mediation, wanted by Napoleon Bonaparte, created the canton, and in May of the same year the law on the colours and seal declared: «The colours of the Canton of Ticino are red and blue». Why these two, no document says: the explanation the Canton itself finds most convincing is that they come from the arms of Paris, as a sign of gratitude towards Napoleon. By 1809 the cantonal troops were already marching behind a red and blue flag with the gold inscriptions «Pro Patria» and «Pagus Ticinensis».

From eight bailiwicks to the «Free and Swiss»

Before 1803 these lands were not a canton: between 1439 and 1521 they had become eight bailiwicks, ruled by Uri, by Schwyz and Nidwalden, or by twelve cantons together. In 1798, while the Cisalpine Republic had its eye on these valleys, the majority chose to stay Swiss: they were the «Liberi e Svizzeri», the Free and Swiss. On 15 February 1798 Lugano proclaimed its freedom, and within a few weeks the other bailiwicks followed. This gave birth to the cantons of Lugano and Bellinzona, which in 1803 were joined into a single canton named after its river: Ticino.

A republic of Italian language

Its full name is the Republic and Canton of Ticino, its capital is Bellinzona, and its Constitution opens with words any Italian feels close to: Ticino is «a democratic republic of Italian culture and language», and the people of Ticino call themselves «faithful to the historic task of interpreting Italian culture within the Swiss Confederation». On the 1st of August, the national day, the red and blue fly next to the white cross, when streets, squares and balconies fill with flags and lanterns.

Who chooses it

For anyone from Ticino and for those who left it, for families of Ticino origin in Italy and around the world and Ticino societies abroad, for a commune, a patriziato or a school, for the balcony on the 1st of August, for fans of Ticino's teams, for a grotto, a lakeside hotel or a mountain hut in the valleys, for a shop of local produce. 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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Official name
Repubblica e Cantone Ticino
Validity
Current
Years in use
from 1803 · period 1800–1899
ISO code
CH-TI
Use
Not applicable
Proportions
1:1
Number of colours
2
Colour
BlueRed

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