Tricolour Day

Tricolour Day
Flag of Italy
Official name	Italian: Giornata Nazionale della Bandiera
Observed by	Italy
Liturgical color	green, white and red
Significance	Celebrates the birth of the flag of Italy
Date	7 January
Next time	7 January 2025 (2025-01-07)
Frequency	annual
First time	7 January 1997
Related to	National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe (10 February) Anniversary of the Unification of Italy (17 March) Anniversary of the Liberation (25 April) Festa della Repubblica (2 June) National Unity and Armed Forces Day (4 November)

Tricolour Day (Italian: Festa del Tricolore), officially National Flag Day (Italian: Giornata Nazionale della Bandiera), is the flag day of Italy. Celebrated on 7 January, it was established by Law 671 on 31 December 1996. It is intended as a celebration, though not a public holiday.^[1] The official celebration of the day is held in Reggio Emilia, the city where the Italian tricolour was first adopted as flag by an Italian sovereign state, the Cispadane Republic, on 7 January 1797.