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Palermo Province (Sicily, Italy)

Provincia di Palermo

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The Flag
Coat of Arms

See also:

Municipalities:

Alia
Alimena
Aliminusa
Altavilla Milicia
Altofonte
Bagheria
Balestrate
Baucina
Belmonte Mezzagno
Bisacquino
Blufi
Bolognetta
Bompietro
Borgetto
Caccamo
Caltavuturo
Campofelice di Fitalia
Campofelice di Roccella
Campofiorito
Camporeale
Capaci
Carini
Castelbuono
Casteldaccia
Castellana Sicula
Castronovo di Sicilia
Cefalà Diana
Cefalù
Cerda
Chiusa Sclafani
Ciminna
Cinisi
Collesano
Contessa Entellina
Corleone
Ficarazzi
Gangi
Geraci Siculo
Giardinello
Giuliana
Godrano
Gratteri
Isnello
Isola delle Femmine
Lascari
Lercara Friddi
Marineo
Mezzojuso
Misilmeri
Monreale
Montelepre
Montemaggiore Belsito
Palazzo Adriano
Palermo
Partinico
Petralia Soprana
Petralia Sottana
Piana degli Albanesi
Polizzi Generosa
Pollina
Prizzi
Roccamena
Roccapalumba
San Cipirello
San Giuseppe Jato
San Mauro Castelverde
Santa Cristina Gela
Santa Flavia
Sciara
Scillato
Sclafani Bagni
Termini Imerese
Terrasini
Torretta
Trabia
Trappeto
Ustica
Valledolmo
Ventimiglia di Sicilia
Vicari
Villabate

The Flag

THE FLAG OF THE PALERMO PROVINCE:
Exactly 137 years after its first president had come into office, Province of Palermo - the biggest of the provinces of Sicily- has raised on 2 September 1998 official flag of its own: a dark red field with the provincial coat of arms, granted on 9 August 1910, in the center. It comprises a black eagle in the breast of which is a shield combining the arms of the capital cities of the four departments forming the Province at that time. In the first quarter is an eagle in gold over a red background for Palermo; the second quarter, portraying Saint Calogero over a silver field, recalls Tèrmini Imerese; three mullets forming a pall and swimming towards a piece of bread in an azure and silver sea in the third quarter represent Cefalù; the golden lion holding a red heart on an azure background evokes Corleone. The Italian provincial crown completes this design. Despite the suppression of these four subdivisions in 1927, their symbols continue legally to be part of the coat of arms of the Province and now of its flag. The great black eagle was the symbol of Sicily during the Middle Ages, led by the Swabian Emperors ruling over this Island too, the major city of which was (and is) Palermo. The first official hoisting of new flag occurred on that morning in the presence of some forty gonfalons of local town while a band was performing the provincial anthem. That very day each town council was provided with that flag. To tell the truth the ancient "Province of Palermo" was suppressed in 1946 by the new Statute of the Autonomous Region of Sicily assuming responsibility over local government system. In 1989 it was officially replaced by the "Regional Province of Palermo", over the same boundaries. Nevertheless 1861 is usually considered to be the year when this community was created.
Rosario Francesco Raunisi, 17 September 2002

Coat of Arms

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