The ancient Trinacria symbol features on the flag of which Mediterranean island?
"his shoulders to support Sicily. Sicilians claim that when the island shakes from earthquakes it is Colapesce, moving the island on his shoulder because he is tired. Trinacria may also refer to Trinacria The Greek word Trinacria means ""three pointed"", from ""akra"", ""end, point, peak, headland"" plus ""treis"", ""three"", and is the earliest known name of the island of Sicily, formerly a Greek possession, so named from its triangular shape. Sicily was also later known by the Romans by its Greek name ""Trinacria"". The ancient symbol of Trinacria is the head of Medusa (a gorgon with a head of snakes)"
"marionettes are on display at the Museo Civico Vagliasindi in Randazzo. There are several cultural icons and regional symbols in Sicily, including flags, carts, sights and geographical features. The Flag of Sicily, regarded as a regional icon, was first adopted in 1282, after the Sicilian Vespers of Palermo. It is characterised by the presence of the ""trinacria"" (triskelion) in its middle, the (winged) head of Medusa and three wheat ears. The three bent legs are supposed to represent the three points of the island Sicily itself. The colours, instead, respectively represent the cities of Palermo and Corleone, at those times"
"the insignia of Medici Florence, it derives from ""Aegilium"", ""Goat Island"", a Latin transliteration of the Greek word for ""little goat"" (Ancient greek: ""Aigýllion"", ""Αιγύλλιον""). Capraia is an Italian island, is the north-westernmost of the seven islands of the Tuscan Archipelago, and the third largest after Elba and Giglio; it is also a ""comune"" (municipality) belonging to the Province of Livorno. The island has a population of about 400. Montecristo is an island in the Tyrrhenian Sea and part of the Tuscan Archipelago. Administratively it belongs to the municipality of Portoferraio in the province of Livorno, Italy. The island has"
"Thrinacia Thrinacia ( ""Thrinakíā"", ), also called Trinacria or Tarnationus , is the island home of Helios's cattle in Book XII of Homer's ""Odyssey"", guarded by Helios' daughters Lampetia and Phaethusa. It is sometimes said to have been Sicily, since the name ""Thrinacia"" could be taken to imply a connection to the number three (Greek ""treis, tria"" sounds vaguely similar to Thri-) and Sicily has three corners (cf. Trinacria, an alternate name for Sicily). However, the island is also associated with Malta, and that Sicily is often identified with the episode of the Cyclopes only serves to underscore the shaky"
"Triskelion A triskelion or triskele is a motif consisting of a triple spiral exhibiting rotational symmetry. The spiral design can be based on interlocking Archimedean spirals, or represent three bent human legs. Both terms are from Greek (""triskelion"") or (""triskeles""), ""three-legged"", from prefix ""τρι-"" (""tri-""), ""three times"" + ""σκέλος"" (""skelos""), ""leg"". A triskelion is a traditional symbol of Sicily, where it is called ""trinacria""; the Isle of Man, where it is known in Manx as ""Tree Cassyn Vannin"", and Brittany where it is known as ""Triskèle"". Ingushetia also has a (stylised) triskelion in its flag. The triskelion symbol appears in"
"many early cultures, the first in Malta (4400–3600 BCE) and in the astronomical calendar at the famous megalithic tomb of Newgrange in Ireland built around 3200 BCE, Mycenaean vessels, on coinage in Lycia, and on staters of Pamphylia (at Aspendos, 370–333 BCE) and Pisidia. It appears as a heraldic emblem on warriors' shields depicted on Greek pottery. The triskelion is an ancient symbol of Sicily, with the head of the Gorgon, with snakes as hair, from which radiate three legs bent at the knee. The symbol dates back to when Sicily was part of Magna Graecia, the colonial extension of"
"Tribrachidium Tribrachidium heraldicum is a tri-radially symmetrical fossil animal that lived in the late Ediacaran (Vendian) seas. In life, it was hemispherical in form. ""T. heraldicum"" is the best known member of the extinct group Trilobozoa. The generic name ""Tribrachidium"" is derived from combination of the Greek ""τρία"" (tria, ""three"") + Latin ""brachium"" (""arm"") + diminutive suffix -""idium"". The specific name ""T. heraldicum"" references the similarity of the pattern of this fossil with the well-known heraldic triskelion design, such as the coat of arms of the Isle of Man. ""Tribrachidium"" fossils were first discovered in the Ediacara Member of the"
"the colonial extension of Greece beyond the Aegean. The triskelion was revived, as a neoclassic – and non-Bourbon – emblem for the new Napoleonic Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, by Joachim Murat in 1808. Pliny the Elder attributes the origin of the triskelion of Sicily to the triangular form of the island, the ancient ""Trinacria"", which consists of three large capes equidistant from each other, pointing in their respective directions, the names of which were Pelorus, Pachynus, and Lilybæum. The three legs of the triskelion are also reminiscent of Hephaestus's three-legged tables that ran by themselves, as mentioned in Iliad"
"legs of Mann"" (), a triskelion of three legs conjoined at the thigh. The Manx triskelion, which dates back with certainty to the late 13th century, is of uncertain origin. It has been suggested that its origin lies in Sicily, an island which has been associated with the triskelion since ancient times. The symbol appears in the island's official flag and official coat of arms, as well as its currency. The Manx triskelion may be reflected in the island's motto, , which appears as part of the island's coat of arms. The Latin motto translates into English as ""whichever way"
"a Triskele composed of three sevens as its symbol in place of the Nazi Swastika. The Flag of the Isle of Man bears 3 legs based on the Triskele. The crest of the Breton football club En Avant de Guingamp combines the Flag of Brittany, the team colours and the triple spiral triskelion. ""The Gamesters of Triskelion"" is a second-season episode of the American science fiction television series ""Star Trek"". In the Marvel Universe, the intelligence agency S.H.I.E.L.D. uses the Triskelion as its headquarters . The Triskele is also used as a prominent symbol in MTV's ""Teen Wolf (2011 TV"
"""Trirone Acrone"", The oldest description mentioned by Ptolemy III Euergetes of Misurata because it consists of three heads of land stretching into the sea depth, and got Misurata importance by being at the crossroads of many convoys and also because it is in the middle of an agricultural area as the name of ""Cephalae Promentorium"" (Kevalay) Greek geographer Strabo. And the city of Misurata is one of the commercial stations that have been built by the Phoenicians, since more than 3000 years (The Tenth Century BC) to the north-western parts of the Libyan coast. The flag then by the name"
"Flag of the Isle of Man The flag of the Isle of Man or flag of Mann () is a triskelion, composed of three armoured legs with golden spurs, upon a red background. It has been the official flag of Mann since 1 December 1932 and is based on the Manx coat of arms, which dates back to the 13th century. The three legs are known in Manx as """" (""the three legs""). The triskelion is an ancient symbol, used by the Mycenaeans and the Lycians. It is not known for certain why the symbol was originally adopted on the"
"Flag of Sardinia The flag of Sardinia, called the flag of the Four Moors or simply the Four Moors (; in Logudorese or ""Is cuattru morus"" in Campidanese), is the flag of the island of Sardinia (Italy), first officially adopted by the autonomous region in 1950 with a revision in 1999, describing it as a ""white field with a red cross and a bandaged Moor's head facing away from the left (the edge close to the mast) in each quarter"" (Regional Law 15 April 1999, n. 10, Article 1.). It was also the historical flag and coat of arms of"
"shows the flag of England flying from the ship (when the shield was first introduced in 1874 the flag was a White Ensign). The motto is ""Loyal and unshakable"". The full coat of arms features, above the shield, a woman holding a cross and a flower. This represents Helena of Constantinople, also known as Saint Helena, after whom the island is named. The cross is shown as Helena is credited with finding the relics of the True Cross (cross upon which Jesus was crucified). The shield of the arms features on the flag of Saint Helena and the Governor's flag."
"Flag of Aegina The Flag of Aegina is the flag used in Aegina island in Greece. The flag of Aegina is diagonally divided by a white stripe, with the upper part blue with a blue cross outlined in white and the lower part red with a white fouled anchor. In the middle of the flag, a white disc is charged with a green turtle, the island's symbol in the ancient Greece. Under the turtle is written ΝΗΣΟΣ ΑΙΓΙΝΑ (Nisos Aigina, Aegina Island) and the diagonal inscription says: ΑΙΓΙΝΑ: ΠΡΩΤΗ ΠΡΩΤΕΥΟΥΣΑ ΤΟΥ ΝΕΟΤΕΡΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟΥ ΚΡΑΤΟΥΣ (""Aegina: First capital of the new"
"be more associated with Venetian territory around the Mediterranean. Other elements often included in depictions of the lion include a halo over his head, a book, or a sword in its paws. <div align=""center""> Lion of Saint Mark The Lion of Saint Mark, representing the evangelist St Mark, pictured in the form of a winged lion holding a Bible, is the symbol of the city of Venice and formerly of the Venetian Republic. It is also found in the symbol of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria. It appears in both merchant and military naval flags of the Italian Republic."
"Flag of Alagoas The flag of Alagoas was created by State Law of Alagoas No. 2628 on 23 September 1963. The colors (red, white, and blue) refer to the French ""Tricolore"", symbolizing the ideals of the French Revolution: ""liberté, égalité, fraternité"". The coat of arms symbolizes the first city of Porto Calvo. The three shells represents the three historic villages of the state, present-day Porto Calvo, Marechal Deodoro, and Penedo. The three fish represent the three main and largest lagoons of the then-town: Mundaú, Manguaba, and Jequiá, and also represent fishing. The green bouquets in the center of the flag"
"great thalassocracies of Italy, the ""repubbliche marinare"" of Venice (represented by the lion ""passant"", top left), Genoa (top right), Amalfi (bottom left), and Pisa (represented by their respective crosses); the ""rostrata"" crown was proposed by Admiral Cavagnari in 1939 to acknowledge the Navy's origins in ancient Rome. In 2003, a state ensign was created specifically for non-military vessels engaged in non-commercial government service; this defaces the Italian tricolour with the national coat of arms. Since 1914, the Italian Air Force have also used a roundel of concentric rings in the colours of the tricolour as aircraft marking; substituted, from 1923"
"Melqart, found on Malta and dedicated to the god as an ex voto offering, provided the key to understanding the Phoenician language, as the inscriptions on the cippi were written in both Phoenician and Greek. Temples to Melqart are found at least three Phoenician/Punic sites in Spain: Cádiz, Ibiza in the Balearic Islands and Cartagena. Near Gades/Gádeira (modern Cádiz) was the westernmost temple of Tyrian Heracles, near the eastern shore of the island (Strabo 3.5.2–3). Strabo notes (3.5.5–6) that the two bronze pillars within the temple, each 8 cubits high, were widely proclaimed to be the true Pillars of Heracles"
"of Newfoundland and re-affirmed the red and blue ensigns as official flags for marine identification. Between 1907 and 1931, however, the red ensign gained wide enough use, both at sea and on land by civilians and government alike, that it was considered to be the national flag. The badge in the ensigns consists of Mercury, the god of commerce and merchandise, presenting to Britannia a fisherman who, in a kneeling attitude, is offering the harvest of all the sea. Above the device in a scroll are the Latin words 'Terra Nova', and below the motto ""Hæc Tibi Dona Fero"" or"
"1951 regional election. Soon after the latter, Finocchiaro Aprile and several other members resigned from MIS and the movement entered into a sort of political hiatus, never being formally disbanded. The Sicilian Independence Movement had the Trinacria as its symbol. The movement used the so-called ""Three-finger salute"", that represents the Trinacria's three legs. Sicilian Independence Movement ""This article is about a specific political party. For the general Sicilian independence movement, see Sicilian nationalism"" The Sicilian Independence Movement (""Movimento Indipendentista Siciliano"", MIS) is a separatist Sicilian political party originally active in Sicily from 1943 to 1951. Its best electoral result was"
"ruled by the Savoy House Flag of Sardinia The flag of Sardinia, called the flag of the Four Moors or simply the Four Moors (; in Logudorese or ""Is cuattru morus"" in Campidanese), is the flag of the island of Sardinia (Italy), first officially adopted by the autonomous region in 1950 with a revision in 1999, describing it as a ""white field with a red cross and a bandaged Moor's head facing away from the left (the edge close to the mast) in each quarter"" (Regional Law 15 April 1999, n. 10, Article 1.). It was also the historical flag"
"Flag of Bonaire The flag of Bonaire has a large blue triangle in the lower right corner and a smaller yellow triangle in the upper left corner. It was adopted on 11 December 1981. The triangles are separated by a white strip, inside of which are a black compass and a red six-pointed star. The blue and yellow triangles represent the sea and sun respectively while the dividing white strip represents the sky. The colors red, white, and blue also show Bonaire's loyalty to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The black compass represents the population of Bonaire who come from"
"this edition of the Mediterranean Games featured simple graphical illustrations of mountains and sea of the Abruzzo region. Pescara is the capital of Province of Pescara which is situated in the Abruzzo region. The official mascot was a Marsican brown bear, called Aua`, wearing a diving mask and flip-flops with swimfins in his hands. The Marsican brown bear is a highly threatened, unrecognised subspecies of the Brown bear, with a range restricted to the Abruzzo National Park. The mascot was unveiled by the Mediterranean Games Executive Committee during their meeting in Pescara from 24 to 28 March 2008. The medals"
"Flag of Tristan da Cunha The flag of Tristan da Cunha was adopted on October 20, 2002, in a proclamation made by the Governor of Saint Helena under a Royal Warrant granted by Queen Elizabeth II. Prior to this, as a dependency of Saint Helena, Tristan da Cunha used the flag of Saint Helena for official purposes. The flag is a blue ensign design, defaced with the coat of arms of Tristan da Cunha — a Tristan longboat above a Naval Crown, with a central shield decorated with four yellow-nosed albatrosses and flanked by two Tristan rock lobsters. Below this"
"Triquetra Triquetra (; from the Latin adjective ""triquetrus"", three-cornered) denotes a particular complicated shape formed of three ""vesicae piscis"" (the leaf-like shape in between two equal diameter circles each centered on the circumference of the other), sometimes with an added circle in or around the three lobes. Also known as a ""trinity knot"" when parallel doubled-lines are in the graph, the design is used as a religious symbol adapted from ancient Pagan Celtic images by Christianity. It is similar to Odin's symbol, the valknut. The triquetra is often found in insular art, most notably metal work and in illuminated manuscripts"
"Lion of Saint Mark The Lion of Saint Mark, representing the evangelist St Mark, pictured in the form of a winged lion holding a Bible, is the symbol of the city of Venice and formerly of the Venetian Republic. It is also found in the symbol of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria. It appears in both merchant and military naval flags of the Italian Republic. The Lion of Saint Mark is also the symbol of the award of the Venice Film Festival, the ""Golden Lion"", and of the insurance company Assicurazioni Generali. St Mark, represented as a lion, is"
"proposed a similar flag for the maritime province of the Canary Islands, which later became the flag of Tenerife. Flag of Tenerife The flag of Tenerife is a white saltire (or Cross of Burgundy or St Andrew's Cross) over a blue field. The arms of the cross are approximately one fifth the width of the flag and the field is navy blue (""azul marino""). There is no official meaning to justify the colours of the flag, but blue and white colours have been identified on the island of Tenerife for centuries. Traditionally, navy blue has been identified with the sea"
"Dolphin Flag The Dolphin Flag of Anguilla was adopted on September 29, 1967, after the colony (then part of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla) unilaterally declared independence from Great Britain as the Republic of Anguilla. It depicted three orange dolphins in a circle on a white background with a turquoise stripe at the bottom. It was used until March 19, 1969, when British rule was restored. The white background on the flag represents peace. The turquoise stripe represents the Caribbean Sea. The three dolphins represent endurance, unity, and strength, and their circular arrangement represents community. The flag was designed by Arline and Marvin"
"Flag of the Treinta y Tres The Flag of the Treinta y Tres is one of the three official flags of Uruguay, alongside with the Flag of Uruguay and the Flag of Artigas. It pays homage to the disembarkation of the ""Thirty-Three Orientals"" at Agraciada Beach, on April 19, 1825. It has three horizontal stripes, the top one blue representing greatness, the central one white as symbol of the Republic and the bottom one red in honor of the blood of those who died for freedom and independence. It carries Uruguay's national motto ""Libertad o Muerte"" (Freedom or Death) on"
"annexed to the Kingdom of Sardinia (Piedmont), remaining the boundary with the Austrian-controlled Lombardy-Venetia until 1859. On the Gravellone stream, in 1848, king Charles Albert of Sardinia assigned for the first time to his army the ""Tricolore"", which was to become Italy's flag. <br> San Martino Siccomario San Martino Siccomario is a ""comune"" in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km south of Milan and about 4 km southwest of Pavia. It is now effectively part of Pavia metropolitan area. San Martino Siccomario borders the following municipalities: Carbonara al Ticino, Cava Manara, Pavia, Travacò"
"to the Flag's white), representing liberty, equality, and fraternity, which were ideals of the Revolution. The stars at the corners of the triangle represent the three major island groups of Luzón, Visayas and Mindanao. At the center of the coat-of-arms is a Sea-lion, which is derived from the coat-of-arms of the City of Manila granted by Philip II of Spain in 1596. It has the upper half of a lion, and the lower half and curled tail of a fish. The Sea-lion as a heraldic device ultimately comes from the lion on the coat-of-arms of Castile and León; since the"
"Flag of Tenerife The flag of Tenerife is a white saltire (or Cross of Burgundy or St Andrew's Cross) over a blue field. The arms of the cross are approximately one fifth the width of the flag and the field is navy blue (""azul marino""). There is no official meaning to justify the colours of the flag, but blue and white colours have been identified on the island of Tenerife for centuries. Traditionally, navy blue has been identified with the sea and the white to the snow-covered peaks of Mount Teide in winter. Juba II and Ancient Romans referred to"