Flag of Sicily
Officially Sicilian Region
Locally Sicilia
What the flag looks like
Divided diagonally from the upper hoist, red above and yellow below, with the trinacria in the center: the winged head of Medusa with three bent running legs and three ears of wheat.
What it means
The three legs stand for the island's three capes and the wheat for its fertile land; red and yellow are said to be the colors of Palermo and Corleone, allies in the Sicilian Vespers revolt of 1282.
How to remember it
Sicily
is three running legs around Medusa's face on red and yellow halves; the Isle of Man's
three armoured legs run on plain red.
Fun facts
- Trinacria, "three-pointed" in Greek, was an ancient name for triangular Sicily.
- Although the trinacria is ancient, the flag only became official by regional law in 2000.
Sicily at a glance
- Status
- Autonomous region of Italy
- Sovereign state
- Italy
- Capital
- Palermo
- Region
- Autonomous region of Italy
- Population
- 4.8 million
- Area
- 25,832 km²
- Languages
- Italian, Sicilian
- Currency
- Euro (€)
- Flag adopted
- 2000
Flags often confused with Sicily
- Isle of Man: The Isle of Man and Sicily both show three bent legs joined at the center. The Isle of Man's legs are armoured on a plain red field; Sicily's are bare, surround Medusa's head with ears of wheat, and sit on a red and yellow diagonal.