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{{Short description|Flag of the Republic of San Marco 1848–1849}}
{{Infobox Flag
| Name = Flag of the Republic of San Marco
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| Image = Flag of the Republic of Saint Mark.svg
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| Adoption = 1848
| Design = [[tricolour (flag)|Tricolour]] with [[Canton (flag)|canton]]
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}}The '''Flag of the Republic of San Marco''' is a [[Tricolour (flag)|tricolour]] with three vertical stripes of green, white, and red. The [[Canton (flag)|canton]] features a [[Lion of Saint Mark]] within a frame of diagonal red, white, and green stripes.
Following a revolt in the [[Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia]] in 1848 and the declaration of independence for the [[Republic of San Marco]] by Venetian separatists, the flag was adopted as a symbol of the new republic.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/it-ven-h.html|title=Venice - Historical flags (Italy)|date=3 June 2016|website=Flags of the World|access-date=28 July 2019}}</ref>
[[Daniele Manin]], President of the republic, decreed on 21 March 1848 that the flag should represent the new republic following the end of [[Austrian Empire|Austrian]] rule.<ref name=":0" /> The reinstatement of the Lion of Saint Mark was an outward expression of Venetian independence from Austria. By including the traditional [[flag of the Republic of Venice]], the insurrectionists simultaneously demonstrated continuity with the previous republic alongside newfound independence.
The usage of a green-white-red tricolour as the basis of the flag was also significant insofar as it signified greater links between the republic and the wider [[Flag of Italy#Kingdom of Italy|Italian independence movement]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Movements in European History|last=Lawrence|first=D.H.|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1989|location=Cambridge|pages=229}}</ref>
The flag lasted until 27 August 1849 when the Republic of San Marco was returned to Austrian control following the decisive [[Battle of Novara (1849)|Battle of Novara]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ohiou.edu/~Chastain/rz/venrev.htm|title=Venice and the Revolution of 1848-49|last=Cunsolo|first=Ronald S.|date=27 October 2004|website=Encyclopedia of Revolutions of 1848|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220140052/http://www.ohiou.edu/~Chastain/rz/venrev.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-12-20|access-date=28 July 2019}}</ref>
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