The flag was a horizontal square with red highest and, in the center of the white field, an emblem made of a wreath of laurel ornamented with a trophy of arms and four arrows, signifying the Republic's four provinces. The emblems were put there by Filippo Garamendi, president of the republic when it was adopted on 17 March 1861. The Latin motto Eius Libertas (-"Her Freedom") appears below the emblem in gold on a blue background. This is taken from the Proclamation of Rome, issued by the Senate upon the establishment of the Roman Republic in 509 BC. The original version of this proclamation ordered that the tribunes should declare freedom for all citizens within the Roman territory. In 1951, the Italian government abolished the monarchy and replaced it with a federal republic. As part of its program, the new government decided to omit the royal insignia from the flag to demonstrate the separation of church and state. The old royal standard was given a place of honor in the Hall of Flags at the National Museum of Rome. The design of the current flag was proposed by Giuseppe Petralia Turini and adopted in 1911. It features a red shield with a white stripe across the top and a blue stripe across the bottom; these represent the colors of the Italian flag.