However, blue is the colour used by the House of Savoy. From reasonably humble beginnings, the House of Savoy grew to become the rulers of Sicily and later, through the Savoy-Carignano branch of the family, absolute rulers of Italy until the declaration of the Italian Republic in The family also briefly ruled the Kingdom of Spain in the 19th century!
As a tribute to the Royal House of Italy, the National football team wore blue shirts for the first time in January The blue has been a constant feature ever since; and even though this colour is not represented on their flag, the blue Italian shirt is one of the most instantly recognisable in world football.
Savoy Blue is a gorgeously deep blue. It has the hex code 0A36AF. The Germans wear a black and white kit, which represents the German provincial state of Prussia. The New Zealand football team follows their more successful rugby side in wearing an all-black outfit.
The Northern Ireland team sports a green jersey which is a colour not featured on their flag either. Advertising Disclosure. Please gamble responsibly. Need help? This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. The following year, the players came out in the "Savoy" color: in this form, the Italians lost to Hungary.
Under Benito Mussolini, traditional shades were again abandoned. The Duce was not a big fan of the monarchy, so he avoided blue in the national symbols. The main color of the Italian fascists was black, which was inherited from the assault units of the First World War - Arditi translated as "brave". Veterans of elite detachments formed the backbone of the combat cell of Mussolini's party.
Benito himself often appeared in a black shirt. Fascist symbols permeated many spheres of Italian life in the Interwar decades, and this also concerned football. The national team often played in black uniforms - including at the victorious World Cup in After the Second World War, blue again became the main one, but in the s, green was also added to it-in such T-shirts, the Italian national team won against Argentina in a friendly match in In , the third set was presented: the green uniform was dedicated to the victory of 65 years ago.
In addition, the color was supposed to remind of the Renaissance. In the Middle Ages, green clothing was rare, because there were no good dyes, but in the Renaissance it became easier. So in Italy, green came into fashion, which today is also associated with the national team, although not as obvious as "Savoy blue".
Photo: commons. Why does Italy play in blue, although it is not on the flag? Blue symbolizes devotion. This color marked the flagship galley In school textbooks of the history of the Middle Ages, they usually tell about the Crusades quite fluently.
The monument to Amadeus the Green stands in the center of Turin During his time Savoy fought with Milan and acted as an Intermediary in negotiations between Genoa and Florence. The Savoy Crusade only delayed the fall of Constantinople In the same year, the crusaders occupied Gallipoli, then to hand it over to Byzantium.
Italy is a republic, but the main monarchical color is still in use In the following centuries, the descendants of Amadeus retained power in Italy - they became princes of Piedmont and kings of Sardinia.
Flags of Italy of the XIX century and under Mussolini Since then, the color of the ruling dynasty has become a symbol of the country and at first appeared on the flag. Different versions of the presidential standard In , the president of the country had a standard - the state emblem on a blue background. Even the cars of the Italian police are painted in" Savoy blue " The Italian national team has another iconic form - green. Stage and screen. Birds and the bees. I'm not sure what the correct answer was but the choices were: - A The colours don't clash with any other domestic Italian football team probably not true as several have blue in their strips.
B It's the colour of the Italian Royal Family. C It's the colour of the sea. Rufus, Bristol UK Italian sports teams play in blue shirts rather than the colours of their national flag in a custom dating back to the country's pre-republican days.
It is not reported if Zinedine Zidane was part of the French contingent. Of course it wouldn't be the first time history was rewritten, and the bit about the blue scarf was invented to justify the blue of the Savoia flag. Or it could be the other way around — that the blue in the flag was chosen based on the Barletta challenge. Regarding the plight of polar bears with their ever-diminishing food supply, has anyone thought about relocating penguins from south to north?
While it was not a true penguin, the great auk Pinguinus impennis until its extinction in filled a similar ecological niche in the northern hemisphere. Also the word "penguin" "white head" is derived from the Celtic name for the great auk, which also had black and white plumage and according to the Natural History Museum website resembled these flightless birds of the southern hemisphere.
Given that it is doubtful that great auks ever formed part of a polar bear's diet, it would be pointless to introduce penguins to regions surrounding the Arctic ocean. Furthermore, history is littered with the damage caused by the introduction of alien species: it would be equally foolhardy to import polar bears to South Georgia or the Kerguelen Islands in the southern Indian Ocean even if the latter is clear evidence of Slartibartfast's trademark on the designer planet Earth mark I, for which he won an award for the fjords along the Norwegian coastline.
What about introducing Siberian tigers into Alaska and northern Canada to save the species? The ecosystems and fauna are almost identical. So, any volunteers to round them up and transport them to the Antarctic, then?
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