Flag of South Tyrol
Officially Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol
Locally Südtirol
What the flag looks like
Two equal horizontal bands of white over red, with the provincial coat of arms in the center: a red eagle with gold beak and claws on a white shield.
What it means
The red eagle is the Tyrolean eagle, shared with the Austrian state of Tyrol, and white and red are the Tyrolean colors.
How to remember it
South Tyrol
is Poland's
white-over-red with a red Tyrolean eagle standing on a shield in the middle.
Fun facts
- The flag was created in 1995 so it could be displayed at the Quirinal Palace in Rome alongside those of all Italy's regions, and it has never been formally recognized in law.
- The coat of arms on it was adopted in 1983 and closely resembles that of the Austrian state of Tyrol.
South Tyrol at a glance
- Status
- Autonomous province of Italy
- Sovereign state
- Italy
- Region
- Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
- Capital
- Bolzano
- Region
- Autonomous province of Italy
- Population
- 542,134
- Area
- 7,398 km²
- Languages
- German, Italian, Ladin
- Currency
- Euro (€)
- Flag adopted
- 1995
Flags often confused with South Tyrol
- Poland: South Tyrol and Poland are both white over red. Poland's flag is plain; South Tyrol has a shield with a red eagle in the center.