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# Alternative Sardinian flags, Italy

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- Green tree flag
- Arborea Judicate
- Cagliari Judicate
- Gallura Judicate
- Torres Judicate

See also:

- Italy
- Sardinia
- Sardinia - Political flags
- Progetu Repùblica de Sardigna

## Green tree flag

image sourced by António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 April 2026

At Progetu Repùblica de Sardigna M. Schmöger states that a green tree (all green) flag was adopted by the party, in reference to the arms of the Giudicato di Arborea. At https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicate_of_Arborea this is given a deeper treatment. Thereat, and also in its Italian language equivalent and source (https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giudicato_di_Arborea), a flag image illustrates the article’s infobox. That might be an anachronic fabrication, or maybe not – either way, here's from Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Giudicato_of_Arborea.svg) an image co-credited to Wikimedia users The White Lion, Fabiocarboni, and Facquis.

This flag is not mentioned in https://www.rbvex.it/indice.html so it may be likely fictitious or a historical item.

António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 April 2026

The has been proposed as a flag of Sardinia, Italy, as a way to get rid of the flag with the four Moor heads. An explanation can be seen at https://www.sardiniapost.it/politica and there is a book about it (https://www.facebook.com/p/La-vera-storia). The emblem at the center of the flag is also used by pro-independence parties in Sardinia.
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandiera_arborense and
https://www.isimbolidelladiscordia.it/2024/01/lalbero-della-discordia-in-sardegna.html

Zachary Harden, 12 March 2025

The flag of Arborea is listed there in the alphabetical index, the A letter page: https://rbvex.it/interpag/alfabeta.html and presented among the Italian historical flags: https://rbvex.it/italiantica.html#arbor.
However, the tree is described there as all green, not proper as presented at Wikimedia Commons. The cited source is Pino Saborito, a 14th century chronicler and contemporary of Mariano IV, Judge of Arborea (reigned 1347-1376) who had brought nearly whole Sardinia under his rule, being the only native ruler to do so, the fact which must have inspired the promoters of this design for the Sardinian flag.
On the other hand, "argent a tree proper" is the coat of arms of the province of Oristano, clearly adopted in order to commemorate the fact that the city of Oristano, provincial capital, was also the capital of Arborea. Beside the gonfalon, the province also uses the flag, white with the complete arms: https://rbvex.it/province/sud/sardegna.html#or
The flag is incompletely visible in this photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Province_of_Oristano_headquarters.jpg as well as in the video @0:00-0:04 and @0:58-1:03, while the close view of the gonfalon is available @0:05-0:07, @0:29-0:49 and @0:54-0:58: https://www.videolina.it/articolo/tg/2024/12/14/oristano_i_50_anni_della_provincia_programmazione_per_il_futuro-78-1207509.html
These sources reveal that in the arms, the tincture argent is represented as a light shade of gray.
Tomislav Todorovic, 24 April 2026

Excellent find! That justifies the inclusion of this flag in both mentioned Wikipedia articles. Interestingly, Roberto Breschi (noted vexillologist and author of RBVex.IT) references the same book already mentioned by Tomislav – Franciscu Sedda’s La vera storia della bandiera dei sardi, Condaghes: Cagliari, 2007, soon in our Bibliography as [sfu07].
At https://rbvex.it/italiantica.html#arbor one further reads:

> l'arma del giudicato, evidentemente "parlante" così come quelle di altri giudicati: la torre per Torres e il gallo per Gallura (Cagliari aveva il cavallo).

Which means that the arms of Arborea are evidently canting as also those of other judicates: The tower of Torres and the rooster of Gallura, while Cagliari had a horse. No word about any flag of these three, though, which also explain why the three coordinated flag images for them in Wikimedia Commons – all drawn by the same original authors as rectangular white oblong flags with each judicate’s arms centered on it – were not used in the respective Wikipedia articles. These are, for the record:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Judicate_of_Cagliari.svg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gallo_del_Giudicato_di_Gallura.svg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torre_Merlata_del_Giudicato_di_Torres.svg

## Arborea Judicate

image sourced by António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 April 2026

Plain ~5:8 white flag with an image of a leafed tree proper.

António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 April 2026

## Cagliari Judicate

Speculative
image sourced by António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 April 2026

A putative banner of arms of Cagliari, made from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Judicate_of_Cagliari.svg by Facquis: Argent a horse pssant Gris maned and hoofed Sable (?).

António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 April 2026

## Gallura Judicate

Speculative
image sourced by António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 April 2026

A putative banner of arms of Gallura, made from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gallo_del_Giudicato_di_Gallura.svg by Fabiocarboni: Argent a rooster Sable armed and crested and barbed Gules.

António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 April 2026

## Torres Judicate

Speculative
image sourced by António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 April 2026

A putative plain ~5:8 white flag with an image of a tower centered on it, depicted with white stonework pointed in black, door and window also black, embattled at the top.

António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 April 2026