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Municipality of Bologna Flag

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Municipality of Bologna Flag

White with the red cross: the flag of Bologna

The flag of Bologna is white, crossed by a red cross running from edge to edge. It is an old and very simple design, the same one that appears in the city's coat of arms and that every Bolognese recognises at first sight.

The cross of the coat of arms

The coat of arms of the Comune di Bologna is a shield divided into four quarters: in the first and fourth a red cross on white, in the second and third the word «Libertas» in gold on blue. The city statute describes its quarters, referring to the decree of 6 November 1937. The flag takes the cross of those two quarters and spreads it over the whole cloth.

Libertas, the spirit of a city

The cross and the word «Libertas» tell the story of Bologna together. At the start of the 12th century the city established itself as a commune: after 1115 the Bolognese pulled down the imperial fortress, and in 1116 Emperor Henry V recognised their rights. Since then independence has remained a trait of the Bolognese character, even in the centuries when the city was under the Church.

The city of the Studium

Bologna is also the city of a university that presents itself as the first of the Western world. Already at the end of the 10th century there was a school of grammar and rhetoric here, and a document of 1067 records the first «doctor legis». The Bolognese Studium shaped the cultural history of all of Europe, and the red cross on white has accompanied its centuries.

4 October, Saint Petronius

Bologna's day is 4 October, the feast of Saint Petronius, patron of the city and the diocese. The archbishop celebrates Mass in the great basilica on Piazza Maggiore, leads the procession with the saint's relics and at the end blesses the city from the steps of the church.

Who chooses it

For anyone who is from Bologna or has roots there, for families who emigrated and Emilian associations around the world, for the city council and its offices, for a school, for anyone who studied at the Alma Mater and wants to remember it, for the feast of Saint Petronius, for fans of Bologna, for a trattoria, an osteria or a shop selling Emilian products, for anyone who has walked under the porticoes and wants to take a piece of them home. We sew it to order, in the size and fabric you choose above, and you see the delivery date before you pay.

Flag facts

Official name
Comune di Bologna
Validity
Current
Years in use
unknown · period 1946–1999
Type
Civic
ISO code
IT-BO
Use
Not applicable
Proportions
2:3
Number of colours
2
Colour
RedWhite

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