Tricolour Day | |
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Official name | Italian: Giornata Nazionale della Bandiera |
Observed by | Italy |
Liturgical color | green, white and red |
Significance | Celebrates the birth of the flag of Italy |
Date | 7 January |
Next time | 7 January 2025 |
Frequency | annual |
First time | 7 January 1997 |
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Tricolour Day (Italian: Festa del Tricolore), officially National Flag Day (Italian: Giornata Nazionale della Bandiera), is the flag day of Italy. Celebrated on 7 January, it was established by Law 671 on 31 December 1996. It is intended as a celebration, though not a public holiday.[1] The official celebration of the day is held in Reggio Emilia, the city where the Italian tricolour was first adopted as flag by an Italian sovereign state, the Cispadane Republic, on 7 January 1797.