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2025-02-28 21:45 enrico  
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Thanks!   
We are not in such a good place, but we always hope for a better future!

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2025-02-28 21:47 dustin  
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i've often been wondering why the italian flag is so similar to the french one, but i wouldn't have thought that doing research for a bd cave would give me the answer one day...! :d  
  
the italian flag originates at the time of the french revolution and was highly inspired by it. that's why the flags are very similar.  
  
meaning of the colors:  
  
green:  
| the green goes back to the color of the milan militia at that time.  
| also, green was the favorite color of the demonstrators in paris, symbolized by a green leaf. that was only two days before the french revolution started with the storming of the bastille!  
| still today, the green of the italian flag is associated with nature, and metaphorically, also with the "natural" rights of freedom and equality for everybody.  
  
white and red:  
| traditional colors of milan  
  
also, as mentioned before, the flag as a whole was inspired by the french revolution, thus it has basically the same origin as the blue-white-red french flag.

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2025-02-28 21:53 dustin  
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my pleasure  enrico ! :) i hope my little vexillology is adequate!

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2025-02-28 23:53 enrico  
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perfect!

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2025-03-01 10:48 dustin  
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thx, that's a big compliment from a native :)

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2025-03-01 11:41 darkwood  
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I love Italy

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2025-03-01 12:19 heywood  
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me too. i can't wait to see more of it.

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2025-03-01 14:33 enrico  
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thanks  darkwood

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2025-03-02 10:06 dustin  
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i was in italy once for a week, we were on a school trip to rome. it was great, the city was amazing and of course the pizza was fantastic *yummi* :d

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2025-03-03 12:18 dustin  
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interestingly, your demos show that the Α and Ξ could be placed one or even two rows lower. my solution during my tests was far less efficient :d