Italians are "the blues". No one knows with 150 years of united Italy, we celebrate the 100 years of 'blue' as the national color. Iconography is Marian and the Savoy dynasty made it its own symbol.
writes Luigi Cibrario, history of the monarchy: "that color of heaven, dedicated to Mary is the source of our national color" .
all began June 21, 1366. Amedeo VI of Savoy sails from Venice to the Holy Land to the crusade by Pope Urban V and his flagship - next to the flag of Savoy - is waving a blue banner with a crown of stars all around 'image of the Madonna, invoke "Holy Mary, Help of Christians."
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