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|armiger          = [[Italy|Italian Republic]] (colored)<br>[[Sergio Mattarella]], [[President of the Italian Republic]] (golden)
|year_adopted     = 5 May 1948
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|supporters       = [[Olive branch|Olive]] and [[oak]]
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The '''emblem of the Italian Republic''' ({{langx|it|emblema della Repubblica Italiana}}) was formally adopted by the newly formed [[Italian Republic]] on 5 May 1948. Although often referred to as a [[coat of arms]] (or {{lang|it|stemma}} in Italian), it is an [[emblem]] as it was not designed to conform to traditional [[Heraldry|heraldic]] rules. The emblem is used extensively by the [[Italian government]]. 
 
The emblem, shaped as a [[Wreath (attire)#Ancient Rome|Roman wreath]], comprises a white [[five-pointed star]], the {{lang|it|[[Stella d'Italia]]}} (English: "Star of Italy"), which is the oldest [[National symbols of Italy|national symbol of Italy]], since it dates back to the [[Graeco-Roman]] tradition,{{sfn|Rossi|2014|p=38}} with a thin red border, superimposed upon a five-spoked [[cogwheel]], standing between an [[olive]] branch to the left side and an [[oak]] branch to the right side; the branches are in turn bound together by a red ribbon with the inscription in "<small>{{lang|it|REPVBBLICA ITALIANA|i=no}}</small>" in [[Roman square capitals]].{{efn|name=rep|{{lang|it|Repubblica Italiana}} is Italian for "Italian Republic", with the U – absent from the [[History of the Latin script#Classical Latin period|classical Latin alphabet]] – spelt with a V, as is common in inscriptions and heraldry.}}

The armorial bearings of the [[House of Savoy]], [[Blazonry|blazoned]] ''gules a cross argent'', were previously in use by the former [[Kingdom of Italy]]; the [[Supporter|supporters]], on either side ''a lion rampant Or'', were replaced with {{lang|it|[[fasces|fasci littori]]}} ({{literally|bundles of the [[lictors]]}}) during the [[Italian fascism|fascist era]].

==Description==
[[File:Emblem of Italy (black and white without striped background).svg|thumb|upright|left|Emblem of the Italian Republic rendered in black and white]]
[[File:State Ensign of Italy.svg|thumb|upright|State ensign of the Italian Republic (since 2003)]]

The central element of the emblem is the [[five-pointed star]] white star, also called ''[[Stella d'Italia]]'' ([[English language|English]]: "Star of Italy"), which is the oldest [[National symbols of Italy|national symbol of Italy]], since it dates back to [[ancient Greece]].{{sfn|Rossi|2014|p=38}} In this historical epoch Italy was associated with the [[Venus|Star of Venus]] because it was located west of the [[Greece|Hellenic peninsula]].{{sfn|Bazzano|2011|p=101}} Venus, immediately after sunset, is sometimes visible on the horizon towards the west.{{sfn|Rossi|2014|p=38}} It is the traditional symbolic representation of Italy since the [[Risorgimento]] and refers to the traditional [[iconography]] that Italy wants to portray as an attractive woman surrounded by a [[Mural crown|turreted crown]] - from which the [[allegory]] of [[Italia turrita]] - and dominated by a bright star, the Star of Italy.<ref>cfr. Cesare Ripa, ''Iconologia'', sec. XVI</ref>

The star marked the first award of Republican reconstruction, the [[Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity]], and still indicates membership of the [[Military of Italy|Armed Forces]] today.

On the republican emblem, the Star of Italy is superimposed on a steel [[cogwheel]], representing labour, which is the foundation of the Republic.<ref name="Quirinale">{{cite web|url=http://www.quirinale.it/qrnw/simboli/emblema/emblema.html|title=I simboli della Repubblica – L'emblema|language=Italian|access-date=10 October 2019}}</ref> Article 1 of the [[Italian Constitution]] reads:{{sfn|Villa|2010|p=137}}
{{"|Italy is a democratic republic, built on labour. Sovereignty belongs to the people, who exercise it in the forms and within the limits of the Constitution [...]|[[wikisource:Constitution of Italy#Fundamental principles|Article 1]]}}

[[File:Carabinieri sign.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Institutional symbol of the [[Carabinieri]], present at the entrance of all the barracks]]

However, this reference to labour is not to be understood as a legal rule, which would oblige the State to protect it in detail, but rather to refer to the [[principle]] connected to it, which is the foundation of Italian society.{{sfn|Villa|2010|p=137}} The second paragraph, instead, assigning sovereignty exclusively to the people, establishes the [[Democracy|democratic]] character of the republic.{{sfn|Villa|2010|pp=137-138}} The cogwheel is also present on the [[Flag of Angola|flag]] and [[emblem of Angola]] and on the [[emblem of Mozambique]], nations left by the process of [[decolonization]] of the [[Portuguese Empire]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.provincia.bz.it/cultura/saudade/bandiere.htm|title=Bandiere|access-date=12 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rbvex.it/africapag/malawimozaltre.html|title=Bandiere|access-date=12 April 2017}}</ref> as well as on the coat of arms of the [[Comune|Italian municipalities]] of [[Assago]], [[Cafasse]] and [[Chiesina Uzzanese]].

The set formed by the cogwheel and the star of Italy is enclosed by an [[oak]] branch, located on the right, which symbolizes the strength and dignity of the [[Italians]] (in [[Latin]] the term ''robur'' means both oak and moral strength and physics,{{sfn|Villa|2010|p=139}}) and from an [[olive]] branch, located instead on the left, which represents Italy's will for peace, both internally and vis-à-vis other nations.<ref name="Quirinale" /> Both oak and olive trees are characteristic of the Italian landscape. The green branches are in turn bound together by a red ribbon bearing the inscription <small>REPVBBLICA ITALIANA</small> in white capital letters. As regards Italy's desire for peace, Article 11 of the Constitution states:{{sfn|Villa|2010|p=138}}

{{"|Italy rejects war as an instrument of offense against the freedom of other peoples and as a means of resolving international disputes; allows equal conditions with other states to the limitations of sovereignty necessary for an order that ensures peace and justice between nations; promotes and favors international organizations aimed at this purpose [...]|[[wikisource:Constitution of Italy#Fundamental principles|Article 11]]}}

The refusal of war as an instrument of offense does not signify that Italy cannot participate in a conflict, instead that articles 78 and 87 of the Constitution prescribe which state organs decide the state of [[war]].{{sfn|Villa|2010|p=137}} In particular, for Italy, it is the [[Italian Parliament|two chambers]] that decree the state of war, which is then formally declared by the President of the Republic; the chambers then give the [[Government of Italy|Italian government]] the necessary powers to face the conflict.<ref name="Costituzione">{{cite web|url=http://www.quirinale.it/qrnw/costituzione/pdf/costituzione.pdf|title=Costituzione della Repubblica Italiana|access-date=11 April 2017|language=Italian}}</ref> Another extraordinary provision in case of war is the duration of the [[legislature]] of the two chambers, which can be exceptionally extended, as stated in article 60 of the Constitution, beyond the five canonical years.<ref name="Costituzione"/>

The emblem of the Italian Republic is not defined as a [[coat of arms]] as it has no [[Escutcheon (heraldry)|shield]]; the latter being in fact, according to the [[Heraldry|heraldic]] definition, an essential part of such devices (as opposed to other decorations such as, for example, crowns, helmets or fronds, which are accessory parts). For this reason, it is more correct to refer to it as a "[[national emblem]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2011/giugno/14/astro_del_mattino_divento_stellone_co_9_110614057.shtml|title=E l'astro del mattino diventò lo stellone d'Italia|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701165236/http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2011/giugno/14/astro_del_mattino_divento_stellone_co_9_110614057.shtml|archive-date=1 July 2012|language=Italian}}</ref>

==Armed forces==
[[File:Coat of arms of Marina Militare.svg|thumb|upright|Coat of arms of the Italian Navy, used on ensign]]

The Italian naval [[Ensign (flag)|ensign]], since 1947, comprises the national flag defaced with the arms of the [[Marina Militare]]: The shield is quartered, symbolic of the four ''[[repubbliche marinare]]'', or great [[thalassocracy|thalassocracies]], of Italy: [[Venice]] (represented by the lion ''passant'', top left), [[Genoa]] (top right), [[Amalfi]] (bottom left), and [[Pisa]] (represented by their respective crosses). The ''Marina Mercantile'' (and private citizens at sea) use the civil ensign, differenced by the absence of the [[mural crown]] and the lion holding open the gospel, bearing the inscription <small>PAX TIBI MARCE EVANGELISTA MEVS</small> instead of a sword.<ref>Decreto Legislativo del capo provvisorio dello stato n. 1305 del 9 novembre 1947 (GU 275 del 29 novembre 1947)</ref>

To acknowledge the Navy's origins in ancient Rome, the ''rostrata'' crown, "... emblem of honor and of value that the [[Roman Senate]] conferred on ''duci'' of shipping companies, conquerors of lands and cities overseas," was proposed by [[Domenico Cavagnari|Admiral Cavagnari]] in 1939. An [[Escutcheon (heraldry)|inescutcheon]], bearing the Savoy shield flanked by fasces, was removed before the arms were first employed.<ref>"Emblema di onore e di valore che il Senato romano conferiva ai duci di imprese navali, conquistatori di terre e città oltremare;" [http://www.marina.difesa.it/storia/Tradizioni/bandiera.asp La Bandiera della Marina Militare] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915020611/http://www.marina.difesa.it/storia/tradizioni/bandiera.asp |date=2008-09-15 }} Ministero della Difesa (retrieved 5 October 2008)</ref>

The [[Esercito Italiano]], {{lang|it|[[Aeronautica Militare]]|italic=no}} and [[Arma dei Carabinieri]] also have their own distinctive coats of arms as do each of the [[comuni|municipalities]], [[provinces of Italy|provinces]] and [[regions of Italy]].

==History==
===Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)===
The [[Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)|Kingdom of Italy]] was a French [[client state]] founded in [[Northern Italy]] by [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon I]], Emperor of the French in 1805. It had a peculiar coat of arms, formed by the arms of the [[House of Bonaparte]] augmented by charges from various Italian regions. When Napoleon abdicated the thrones of France and Italy in 1814, the former monarchies were gradually re-established and following the [[Treaty of Paris (1815)|Treaty of Paris]] in 1815, the rump was annexed by the [[Austrian Empire]].

===Kingdom of Italy===
Between 1848 and 1861, a sequence of events led to the independence and unification of Italy (except for [[Venetia (region)|Venetia]], [[Rome]], [[Trento]] and [[Trieste]], or ''[[Italian irredentism|Italia irredenta]]'', which were united with the rest of Italy in 1866, 1870 and 1918 respectively); this period of Italian history is known as the ''[[Risorgimento]]'', or resurgence. During this period, the green, white and red ''tricolore'' became the symbol which united all the efforts of the Italian people towards freedom and independence.<ref>Ghisi, Enrico ''Il tricolore italiano (1796-1870)'' Milano: Anonima per l'Arte della Stampa, 1931; see Gay, H. Nelson in The American Historical Review Vol. 37 No. 4 (pp. 750-751), July 1932 {{JSTOR|1843352}}</ref>

The [[Flag of Italy|Italian tricolour]], [[Defacement (flag)|defaced]] with the coat of arms of the [[House of Savoy]], was first adopted as war flag by the ''Regno di Sardegna-Piemonte'' ([[Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)|Kingdom of Sardinia]]-Piedmont) army in 1848. In his Proclamation to the Lombard-Venetian people, [[Charles Albert of Sardinia|Charles Albert]] said "… in order to show more clearly with exterior signs the commitment to Italian unification, We want that Our troops … have the Savoy shield placed on the Italian tricolour flag."<ref>"Per viemmeglio dimostrare con segni esteriori il sentimento dell'unione italiana vogliamo che le Nostre truppe ... portino lo scudo di Savoia sovrapposto alla bandiera tricolore italiana." See [[D. H. Lawrence|Lawrence, D.H.]] (ed. Philip Crumpton) [https://books.google.com/books?id=uQyA7yU6lbAC ''Movements in European History''] (p. 230) Cambridge University Press, 1989 for an overview</ref> As the arms mixed with the white of the flag, it was ''fimbriated azure'', blue being the [[dynastic]] colour.<ref>Lo [[Statuto Albertino]] Art. 77, dato in Torino addì quattro del mese di marzo l'anno del Signore mille ottocento quarantotto, e del Regno Nostro il decimo ottavo</ref> On 15 April 1861, when the ''Regno delle Due Sicilie'' ([[Kingdom of the Two Sicilies]]) was incorporated into the ''Regno d'Italia'', after defeat in the [[Expedition of the Thousand]] led by [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]], this flag and the armorial bearings of Sardinia were declared the symbols of the newly formed kingdom.

On 4 May 1870, nine years later, the [[Consulta Araldica]] issued a decree on the arms, as with the Sardinian arms, two ''lions rampant'' in gold supporting the shield, bearing instead only the Savoy cross (as on the flag) now representing all Italy, with a crowned helmet, around which, the collars of the [[Military Order of Savoy]], the [[Civil Order of Savoy]], the [[Order of the Crown of Italy]] (established 2 February 1868), the [[Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus]], and the Supreme [[Order of the Most Holy Annunciation]] (bearing the motto [[FERT]]) were suspended. The lions held lances flying the national flag. From the helmet fell a royal mantle, engulfed by a pavilion under the ''Stellone d'Italia'', purported to protect the nation.<ref>Deliberazione della Consulta Araldica del Regno d’Italia [http://www.cnicg.net/ca1870b.asp con cui si determina quali debbano essere gli ornamenti esteriori dello stemma dello Stato] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070909052831/http://www.cnicg.net/ca1870b.asp |date=2007-09-09 }}, 4 maggio 1870; Regio Decreto n. 7282 del 27 novembre 1890</ref>

After twenty years, on 1 January 1890, the arms' exterior were slightly modified more in keeping with those of Sardinia. The fur mantling and lances disappeared and the crown was taken from the helmet to the pavilion, now sewn with crosses and roses. The [[Iron Crown of Lombardy]] was placed on the helmet, under the traditional Savoyan [[Crest (heraldry)|crest]] (a winged lionhead), which, together with the banner of Savoy from the former Sardinian arms, replaced the star of Italy.<ref>[http://www.cnicg.net/stemmi.asp Armi della Real Casa d'Italia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718094055/http://www.cnicg.net/stemmi.asp |date=2011-07-18 }} [[Corpo della Nobiltà Italiana]]; Gli stemmi della Famiglia Reale sono regolati dal relativo Regio Decreto del 1 gennaio 1890 e gli stemmi dello Stato e delle Amministrazioni governative sono regolati dal Regio Decreto del 27 novembre 1890</ref> These arms remained in official use for 56 years until the [[birth of the Italian Republic]] and continue today as the dynastic arms of the head of the House of Savoy.<ref>[http://savoia.blastness.com/prerogative.htm Compiti, Prerogative e Responsabilità del Capo di Casa Savoia nell'Italia Repubblicana] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214090343/http://savoia.blastness.com/prerogative.htm |date=2012-02-14 }} Reale Casa d'Italia (retrieved 24 January 2009)</ref>

On 11 April 1929, the Savoy lions were replaced by Mussolini with [[fasces]] from the [[National Fascist Party]] shield.<ref>Regio Decreto n. 504 del 11 aprile 1929 VII</ref> After his dismissal and arrest on 25 July 1943 however, the earlier version was briefly restored until the emblem of the new ''Repubblica Italiana'' was adopted, after the [[1946 Italian institutional referendum|institutional referendum on the form of the state, held on 2 June 1946]]. This is celebrated in Italy as [[Republic Day (Italy)|Festa della Repubblica]].

===Italian Social Republic===
{{See also|Fascist symbolism}}
The arms of the short-lived Nazi puppet state in northern Italy, the ''Repubblica Sociale Italiana'' ([[Italian Social Republic]]), or ''Republic of Salò'' as it was commonly known, was that of the governing [[Republican Fascist Party]], a silver eagle clutching a banner of the ''tricolore'' inverted on a shield charged with [[fasces]].<ref>''Foggia della bandiera nazionale e della bandiera di combattimento delle Forze Armate'' Decreto Legislativo del Duce della Repubblica Sociale Italiana e Capo del Governo n. 141 del 28 gennaio 1944 XXII EF (GU 107 del 6 maggio 1944 XXII EF)</ref> [[Italian fascism]] derived its name from the fasces, which symbolises authority and/or "strength through unity". The fasces has been used to show the ''imperium'' ([[Power (philosophy)|power]]) of the [[Roman Empire]], and was thus considered an appropriate heraldic symbol. Additionally, Roman legions had carried the [[Aquila (Roman)|''aquila'']], or eagle, as ''signa militaria''.

This shield had previously been displayed alongside the Royal arms from 1927 to 1929, when the latter was modified to incorporate elements of both.<ref>Regio Decreto n. 2061 del 12 dicembre 1926 ''sull'emblema del Fascio Littorio'', Regio Decreto Legislativo n. 2273 del 30 dicembre 1926 ''norme per la fabbricazione, distribuzione e vendita di insegne e distintivi portanti l'emblema del Fascio Littorio'', Regio Decreto n. 1048 del 27 marzo 1927 ''disposizioni circa l'uso del Fascio Littorio da parte delle Amministrazioni dello Stato'', Legge n. 928 del 9 giugno 1927 ''conversione in legge del R. D.-L. 12 dicembre 1926, che dichiara il Fascio Littorio emblema dello Stato'' (GU 160 del 13 luglio 1927)</ref>

On 25 April 1945, commemorated as [[Liberation Day|Festa della Liberazione]], the government of [[Benito Mussolini]] fell. The separate Italian Social Republic had existed for slightly more than one and a half years.

===Italian Republic===
The decision to provide the [[1946 Italian institutional referendum|new Italian Republic]] with an emblem was taken by the government of [[Alcide De Gasperi]] in October 1946. The design was chosen by public competition, with the requirement that political party emblems were forbidden and the inclusion of the [[Stella d'Italia|Stellone d'Italia]] ([[English language|English]]: "Great Star of Italy"), "inspired by a sense of the earth and municipalities." The five winners were assigned further requirements for the design of the emblem, "a ring that has towered shaped crown," surrounded by a garland of Italian foliage and flora.

Below a representation of the sea, and above, the gold star, with the legend ''Unità e Libertà'' or Unity and Liberty in the [[Italian language]]. The winner was [[Paolo Paschetto]], Professor of the Institute of Fine Arts in Rome from 1914 to 1948, and the design was presented in February 1947, together with the other finalists, in an exhibition in Via Margutta. This version, however, did not meet with public approval, so a new competition was held, again won by Paolo Paschetto. The new emblem was approved by the [[Constituent Assembly of Italy|Constituent Assembly]] in February 1948, and officially adopted by the [[President of the Italian Republic]], [[Enrico De Nicola]], in May 1948.<ref>''Foggia ed uso dell'emblema dello Stato'' [http://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/do/gazzetta/downloadPdf?dataPubblicazioneGazzetta=19480528&numeroGazzetta=122&tipoSerie=FO&tipoSupplemento=SO&numeroSupplemento=0&estensione=pdf&edizione=0 Decreto Legislativo n. 535 del 5 maggio 1948], pubblicato nella [[Gazzetta Ufficiale]] n. 122 del 28 maggio 1948 suppl. ord.</ref><ref>[http://www.infoleges.it/service1/scheda.aspx?id=99049&service=1 Decreto Legislativo n. 535 del 5 maggio 1948] infoleges.it</ref>
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<gallery class="center">
File:Great Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic).svg|[[Coat of arms of Napoleonic Italy]] (1805–1814)
File:Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Italy variant (1848-1870).svg|Coat of arms of the [[Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)|Kingdom of Sardinia]] from 1848 and then first coat of arms of the Kingdom of Italy until 1870
File:Greater coat of arms of the Kingdom of Italy (1870-1890).svg|Greater coat of arms of the Kingdom of Italy (1870–1890)
File:Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Italy (1890).svg|Full achievement of the coat of arms (1890–1927; 1944–1946)
File:Coats of arms of Kingdom of Italy (1927-1929) Greater Arms.svg|Greater coat of arms of the Kingdom of Italy flanked by the tricolour coat of arms with the fasces (1927-1929)
File:Greater coat of arms of the Kingdom of Italy (1929-1944).svg|Greater coat of arms with fasces inserted inside as supporters (1929–1944)
File:CoA of the RSI.svg|Coat of arms of the Italian Social Republic (1943–1945)
</gallery>

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="200" heights="180" perrow="4" style="margin:auto">
Emblem of Italy (black and white).svg|Emblem rendered in black and white (with striped backgrounds)
Flag of the President of Italy.svg|[[Presidential standard of Italy]] (since 2000)
Substitute President standard of Italy.svg|Standard of the deputy president of the Italian Republic (since 1986)
Flag of prime minister of Italy.svg|Standard of the [[president of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic]] (since 2008)
Flag of civil authority of Italy.svg|Standard of the civil authorities
Italian emblem documents.jpg|Emblem on government letterhead
Passaportoitaliano2006.jpg|Emblem on an [[Italian passport]]
Tessera Sanitaria Italia-Fronte.jpg|[[European Health Insurance Card]] issued in Italy showing the emblem
</gallery>

==See also==
{{Portal|Heraldry|Italy}}
*[[Armorial of Italy]]
*[[Coat of arms of Napoleonic Italy]]
*{{Lang|it|[[Il Canto degli Italiani]]|italic=no}}
*[[National symbols of Italy]]
*[[Stella d'Italia]]

==Notes==
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==Citations==
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== References ==
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* {{cite book|last=Bazzano|first=Nicoletta |title=Donna Italia. L'allegoria della Penisola dall'antichità ai giorni nostri|url = https://www.academia.edu/15080772 |year=2011 |publisher=Angelo Colla Editore|language=it|isbn=978-88-96817-06-3}}
* {{cite book|last=Rossi |first=Girolamo|title=Lo scudo crociato. Un simbolo medievale nella comunicazione politica del Novecento|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=uE_qAgAAQBAJ&q=stella+di+venere+stesicoro&pg=PA38 |year=2014|publisher=Armando Editore|language=it|isbn=978-88-96817-06-3}}
* {{cite book|last=Villa|first=Claudio|title=I simboli della Repubblica: la bandiera tricolore, il canto degli italiani, l'emblema|year=2010|publisher=Comune di Vanzago|language=it|id=[[National Library Service of Italy|SBN]] [https://opac.sbn.it/bid/LO11355389 IT\ICCU\LO1\1355389]}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|National emblem of Italy}}
*[https://www.quirinale.it/page/emblema Un simbolo per la Repubblica] Presidenza della Repubblica, Palazzo del Quirinale {{in lang|it}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090603094736/http://ngw.nl/int/ita/itanat.htm Italian Civic Heraldry] International Civic Heraldry, Ralf Hartemink {{in lang|en}} (archived 3 June 2009)

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