Italy towers is a personification or allegory of Italy , in the appearance of a young woman with her head surrounded by a ring wall with its towers (hence the term towers). The allegorical representation is typical of Italian civic heraldry, and has its origins in the civilizations Municipal.
(Statue of Italy surrounded by crown walls in Reggio Calabria.)
Appearance and representation
Italy is usually depicted as a woman with a body rather lush, with typical Mediterranean attributes such as complexion and dark hair colored.
often holding a bunch of wheat ears (a symbol of fertility and return to the agricultural economy) or a sword or scales, symbols of justice during the fascist period, it was holding a fasces. Towered above the head of Italy is often portrayed in a star hovering five points, the so-called Stellone of Italy, which since the days of the Risorgimento is a symbol of the nation, being one of the symbols of the royal coat of arms of the House of Savoy, and still the dominant element of the emblem of the Republic. seems that one of the first representations of Italy towered can recognize the iconology of Cesare Ripa, an expert illustrator Renaissance allegories.
(Italy towered in philatelic and numismatic representations.)
Places of depictions
L'Italia turrita è raffigurata:
-sul retro della carta d'identità italiana.
-sul francobollo del 1953/1954; in diversi colori a seconda del valore.
-sul dritto della moneta da 50 lire.
-all'interno del timbro che viene posto al momento del voto sulla tessera elettorale
[ Fonte Wikipedia ]
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