jun 7, 1929 - Adoption of Vatican City flag
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Vatican City’s flag was adopted on June 7, 1929, when Pope Pius XI signed the Lateran Treaty with Italy which created the independent state governed by the Holy See. The design of the flag resembles that of the former Papal States, which was a red and yellow cockade. In 1808, the Vatican’s Noble Guard received an order from Pope Pius VII to replace the red color of the cockade with white. By that time, a white merchant flag was already in use in the Papal States. The flag was introduced in 1803 and featured the Papal coat of arms at the center. The flag was formally adopted in 1815, and was subsequently replaced by a yellow and white flag on September 17, 1825. Square-shaped yellow and white flags were adopted by the papal infantry in 1831. When Italy annexed the Papal States in 1870, the flags of these states became obsolete. In 1929, the merchant flag of 1825 was adopted again as the flag of the newly formed Vatican City. However, this new flag was square-shaped like the former infantry flag.
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