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According to Roberto Breschi's presentation titled: "The
Small Italian States Which Lasted Beyond 1700" at ICV 19
(York, 2001), concerning the Republic of Senarica (today maybe in
l'Aquila province, Abruzzi region), there is no evidence for a flag apart from knowing that it was a gonfalon which had
a yellow background. The assumption is that it was charged with the coat of arms (lion) which was located in a church.
Dov Gutterman, 2 August 2001
My searches led me to the conclusion that there's no
municipality in Italy bearing that name. The only thing existing
is a fraction of the commune of Crognaleto (Teramo province,
Abruzzi region).
Valerio Cheli, 12 December 2001
Here are details available from an article by Aldo Ziggioto,
published on the bulletin "Armi Antiche", 1987:
Senàrica is a small village west of Teramo, in central Italy.
Numbering less than 300 people, it was an independent republic
for about four centuries, being the smallest state achieving an
independent status for so long. Senàrica - and her neighbouring
village of Poggio Umbricchio - became independent about
1343, when Queen Giovanna I of Angiò granted the area
independence because of their fierce opposition against the enemy
troops of Ambrogio Visconti (from Milan). Senàrica rulers were
impressed by the splendor of the Republic of Venice, so they
modeled their state adopting a similar government configuration.
It included a Doge as Head of the State and a lion as the symbol
of the State. The arms were a black shield with a silver lion
fetching a snake of the same colour. These arms appeared on a
gold gonfalon and on the seal as well. In the cathedral is still
visible a reproduction of the lion, that in this particular image
is topped by a crown. The republic finished by the end of the
XVIII century.
Pier Paolo Lugli, 28 January 2002
From
http://digilander.libero.it/breschirob/venezia.html#sen:
"Senarica,
a very tiny village on the first northern foothills of Gran Sasso, formed for
more than four centuries a independent republic, nearly forgotten today. It was
set up in 1343, on the model of the Republic of Venice, of which it was always a
very faithful ally and which protected it. Following the decadence of its great
ally, the Republic vanished and totally disappeared around 1800.
The image is a free reconstruction of the flag or banner of the
Senarica Republic. The lion recalls St. Mark's lion of Venice, but without
wings. It holds a snake, probably the Visconti snake, recalling the resistance
against the Visconti troops in 1343, that caused the independence of Senarica.
Sources: P. Marcozzi, 'Le vie d'Italia' 12, 43, 1937 and 'Armi antiche',
1987"
Another reconstruction of the gonfalon was contributed on
22 July 2007 to Wikimedia Commons by Robert Prummel:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gonfalone_op_brokaat.jpg
More
details (in Italian) in the Senarica village's website:
http://www.senarica.it
Ivan Sache,
20 April 2011
