Flag of Naples

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Present flag of Naples

The Flag of Naples is a vexillological symbol of the city of Naples, the capital of the Southern Italian region of Campania. The current flag representative of the city consists of two equal-sized rectangles, a golden yellow on the left and on the right side the colour is red.

Previously the flag of Naples meant a national flag during the times of the Kingdom of Naples, several different flags were used depending on who controlled the nation at the time. Perhaps the most prominent flags association with the kingdom are the original Angevin flag, the Bourbon flag and the senyera when the country was part of the Crown of Aragon.

[edit] History

Naples has had other flags in the past, including flags of the Kingdom of Naples.

After Naples was united with Sicily in 1442, the flag used the colours of Aragon. Starting in 1735, the flag of the Kingdom of Naples was green and white^[1].

When Naples was part of the Parthenopaean Republic (1799), the flag had 3 vertical zones, blue, yellow and red. After 1709, the flag was split horizontally in white, red and black. Both horizontal and vertical versions were in use. This flag was used up to 1808.

When Joachim Murat was the king of Naples (1808-1815), the corners had 2 red and 2 black triangles; the coat of arms was inside a rhombus in the center. In 1811 Murat changed the flag to blue with a rectangle in the center whose border was checkered white and red. The coat of arms was on the left side of the rectangle (the civil flag had no coat of arms). From 1820 through 1821, the flag of Naples had 3 horizontal zones colored blue, black and red. The current flag has been in use since 1821.

[edit] National flag

Naples has formed the basis of Kingdom's and Republic's during its history, below are some historical flags associated with Neapolitan domains.

Flag	Period used	Description
	1282–1442	The flag was first introduced during the time of the Capetian House of Anjou foundation and ruling of the Kingdom of Naples.
	1442–1501 (direct rule)	The kingdom was part of the Crown of Aragon and as thus, the iconic red and yellow senyera became the country's flag representative.
	1501–1504 (direct rule)	Under direct rule from Kingdom of France under the king Louis XII of France, the kingdom's flag was the white one of the Kingdom of France.
	1506–1701 (direct rule)	The Kingdom was part of the Spanish Empire's European section, under direct rule. Thus it carried the flag of the empire which was the Cross of Burgundy Flag.
	1701–1714 (direct rule)	Still under direct rule from Spain, when the Spanish Empire adopted a new flag so did its directly ruled territories.
	1714–1734 (direct rule)	Under directly rule from Austrian Charles VI of the House of Habsburg, Naples was briefly part of the Holy Roman Empire and as thus carried its banner.
	1734–1798 1799–1806 1815–1860	This flag was used during the rule of the House of Bourbon, first as the flag of the Kingdom of Naples and later as the flag of the Two Sicilies. Bourbon rule was briefly interrupted by other rulers, the flags of these are listed below.
	1798–1799	The revolutionary flag of the short lived Parthenopaean Republic, based on the French tricolour with gold in the place of white.
	1806–1808	This was the Napoleonic flag used for the kingdom during the time that Joseph Bonaparte ruled it.
	1808–1811	This was the Napoleonic flag used for the kingdom during some of the time that Joachim Murat ruled it.
	1811–1815	This was the Napoleonic flag used for the kingdom during the second part of the time that Joachim Murat ruled it. He used two flags during his period as King of Naples.