Vatican City

Vatican City StateCivitas VaticanaStato della Città del Vaticano
Flag of Vatican City
Adopted	7 June 1929
Wikipedia article
Flags of the World article

The national flag of Vatican City State is modelled on the 1808 yellow and white flag of the earlier Papal States, to which a papal tiara and keys were later added. The flag is a square-shaped vertical bicolor. The two bands include a yellow or gold band on the hoist side and a white band on the fly side. The Vatican City coat of arms is featured at the center of the white band. One of the keys is golden in color, while the other is silver. The latter is placed in the dexter position of the flag. The keys symbolize the Keys of Heaven and were presented to St. Peter by Christ, since the popes are regarded as St. Peter's successors, the keys are one of the most important elements symbolizing the Holy See. The gold key represents spiritual power, and the silver key represents worldly power. Also, the colors of the flag represent the colors of the key, where yellow represents the golden key and white represents the silver key.

Historical Flags

Flag of the Papacy (possible reconstruction) (1771-?)

(?-1808)

(1808–1929)

2:3 variant of the Flag of Vatican City

The "incorrect flag". This was used as Wikimedia Commons' version of the Vatican flag from 2006 and 2007 and from 2017 to 2022, and has since become widespread on the Internet. The discrepancy likely resulted from the fact that the coat of arms of the Holy See has the underside of the tiara colored red.

Actual and correct version of the Vatican City flag. An incorrect version of the flag has been commonly used (in that version, the visible inner lining of the papal tiara is colored red instead of white)

Flag Redesigns

Flag Redesign by ThePigUser.

Flag redesign by Hans.

Flag redesign by Hans.

Flag redesign by Hans.

Flag redesign by Hans.

Flag redesign by Hans.

Socialist Vatican by ProjectMirai64