Two days later, on April 14, the âunsinkableâ Titanic struck an iceberg and sank to bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. That iceberg had the same elliptical shape, according to sketches made on the ship. Wood had captured the remarkable piece of ice, said Craig Sophin, a Titanic expert and consultant to the auctioneers.
The current Italian flag consists of three equal vertical bands of color â green, white, and red â with the green being the one on the hoist side. This kind of flag is known as a âtricolorâ design, the same kind of design the French flag and Irish flag have.lag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1860-1861. During the Italian uprising which became the start of the unification process, the Sardinian flag (shown above from 1848) was raised to represent the new country, thereby solidifying the tricolor design again.
The Italian flag uses lighter shades of green and red and the Italian flag has an aspect ratio (width:height) of 3:2 while the Mexican flag is 7:4. The Mexican coat of arms in the white band of the flag is an eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus with a snake in its beak and talons.he meaning of the colors for the Italian flag vary but one common interpretation is that green = the countryside, white = the snowy Alps, and red = the blood spent during wars for Independence.