Proposed new flag of Sicily

[wvwvw]

I like Sardinian flag but I do not like that the moors are not blindfolded anymore due to political correctness.



And this is obviously the best flag.

lol the eagles in that flag look like chickens The ugliest eagles I have ever seen in a flag

Carignan's eagles look classy by comparison

[Carignan]

How do Sicilians perceive the Aragonese ''occupation''? Has Aragon contributed a lot to the Sicilian culture and ''genetic pool''?

[Daniele90]

This, although I prefer the Piemontese and Friuli-Venezia Giulia flags to the Tuscan one (still nice though).

The FVG one is not bad, as well (although suffered some "uglyfication"
The Apulian one (my region; esp. with the "Regione Puglia" inscription added to it!) looks cheaper, but still not as bad as Calabria, Basilicata, Marche, Umbria (more pearls!)

God, we've been great at screwing up regional symbols it seems..

[alfieb]

How do Sicilians perceive the Aragonese ''occupation''? Has Aragon contributed a lot to the Sicilian culture and ''genetic pool''?

Gene pool no. Very little. A handful of surnames and a couple of towns named after them.

Mostly, the Aragonese (and later Spanish) period brought stability, a lot of building, and some crops from the new world.

The periods that people talk about the least favorably are the Anjou and Bourbon.

[Carignan]

Gene pool no. Very little. A handful of surnames and a couple of towns named after them.

Mostly, the Aragonese period brought stability, a lot of building, and some crops from the new world.

The periods that people talk about the least favorably are the Anjou and Bourbon.

Would a majority vote for that flag or it would be met with hostily from Sicilian nationalist?

[Daniele90]

It's better to stay with the "trinacria" (a very old symbol) as odd as it may appear to some..
The eagle theme is just way overused

[alfieb]

Would a majority vote for that flag or it would be met with hostily from Sicilian nationalist?

No flag change would be approved by a majority. Sicilians and the trinacria symbol are synonymous. Very proud of our flag.

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But if Sicily were an independent state I think they would not wish to change the flag. I think the nationalist flag is more a political flag.

[Yuffayur]

Everyone from Sweden to Sudan.

Swedes pass in the western part, Sudanese in the east part.

[alfieb]

Swedes pass in the western part, Sudanese in the east part.

Nah. Both in the Western part. Eastern part looks like Greeks.

[Comte Arnau]

Gene pool no. Very little. A handful of surnames and a couple of towns named after them.

Mostly, the Aragonese (and later Spanish) period brought stability, a lot of building, and some crops from the new world.

And a number of Catalan words into Sicilian, although very far from the relevance it had in Sardinian.