The flag of Sardinia, popularly known in Sardinia also as the Four Moors flag (Italian: Bandiera dei Quattro Mori, Logudorese: Sos Battor Moros, Campidanese: Is Cuatru Morus), is the traditional and officially recognized flag of the island, an Autonomous Region of Italy.
The flag consists of a St George's Cross, with a maure (moor's head) in each quarter; from a historical point of view it symbolizes the victory of Sardinian people against the Saracens who attempted to invade the island.
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“Swift blazing flag of the regiment,
Eagle with crest of red and gold,
These men were born to drill and die.
Point for them the virtue of slaughter,
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And a field where a thousand corpses lie.”
—Stephen Crane (1871–1900)
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The End”
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)