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image by Marcus Schmöger, 14 May 2013
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MAT (Movimento Autonomista Toscano = Tuscan Autonomist Movement)
The
MAT is a small regional party in Tuscany, advocating the autonomy of the region.
It was founded in 1989. It holds no seat in the regional parliament.
The
MAT has used three different flags, based on the historical Tuscan red-white-red
flag, together with the "Chimera of Arezzo" (a bronze figurine of about 400 BC,
employed as a Tuscan national symbol). The first flag is
called the "national flag" and is red-white-red with a small chimera and the
party abbreviation [1]. The second flag, of 2002, is
red-white-red with the party name distributed over the three stripes, and the
party symbol in the white stripe [2,3,4]. The most recent flag is a version of
the first "national" flag, showing a larger blue chimera (fimbriated yellow) on
the red-white-red [5,6].
Sources:
[1]
http://www.mat-toscanalibera.org/img/bandiera.jpg
--
[2] flag no. 24 in Italian political flags collection Schmöger, received from
MAT headquarters
[3]
http://www.mat-toscanalibera.org/img/newflag.jpg
[4]
http://legatoscana.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/mazzchel.jpg
--
[5] flag
no. 211 in Italian political flags collection Schmöger, received from MAT
headquarters
[6]
http://www.mat-toscanalibera.org/img/Bandiera%20Toscana.jpg
Marcus Schmöger, 14 May 2013
image by Marcus Schmöger, 14 May 2013
"National Flag"
from www.mat-toscanalibera.org,
located by Paolo Montanelli
image by Marcus Schmöger, 14 May 2013
Movement Flag
from www.mat-toscanalibera.org,
located by Paolo Montanelli
There is another movement in Tuscany which is in favour of independence or
great autonomy for this region. It reached a certain success in past times, now
it is a very tiny party. The logo of this movement can be seen at
www.mat-toscanalibera.org. The flag
of the movement can be seen at
www.mat-toscanalibera.org/newflag.jpg.
They have also a "national flag" for Tuscany at
www.mat-toscanalibera.org/bandiera.jpg
in two variants: with or without "M.A.T." lettering.
Now the flag with lettering no longer exists since the flag of
the movement is only the one I indicate above.
This movement shows an Austrian-like flag (like those of Lega
Nord Toscana -- Tuscany Northern League) but with no
Lorraine-Medici styled CoA. Instead, it has a reproduction of the
Etruscan Chimera known also as "the Chimera of Arezzo"
since it was found in 1553 near the town of Arezzo (in eastern
Tuscany) a bronze sculpture which is considered a masterpiece of
the Etruscan art (now it is at the Archaeological Museum in
Florence).
The site also indicates a possible "national hymn" for
Tuscany: it is "Nessun Dorma!" (or
"Vincerò"), a famous aria from Puccini's
"Turandot", worldwide famous because of its
interpretation by Luciano Pavarotti. Puccini, in fact, was born
in Lucca, in western Tuscany.
Paolo Montanelli, 22 February 2003
