Public holidays in Italy

The following days are public holidays in Italy:[1]

DateEnglish NameLocal NameRemarks
1 JanuaryNew Year's DayCapodanno
6 JanuaryEpiphanyEpifania
A Sunday in springEasterPasqua
Monday after EasterEaster MondayLunedì dell'Angelo, Lunedì in Albis or more commonly Pasquetta
25 AprilLiberation DayFesta della LiberazioneLiberation of Italy from Nazi Germany, 1945
1 MayInternational Workers' DayFesta del Lavoro (or Festa dei Lavoratori)
2 JuneRepublic DayFesta della RepubblicaBirth of the Italian Republic, 1946
15 AugustFerragosto/Assumption DayFerragosto or Assunzione
1 NovemberAll Saints' DayTutti i santi (or Ognissanti)
8 DecemberImmaculate ConceptionImmacolata Concezione (or just Immacolata)
25 DecemberChristmas DayNatale
26 DecemberSaint Stephen's DaySanto Stefano

In addition each city or town celebrates a public holiday on the occasion of the festival of the local patron saint: for example, Rome - 29 June (SS. Peter and Paul), Milan - 7 December (S. Ambrose).[2] In South Tyrol, the holiday is instead on Whit Monday (which is also a public holiday in North Tyrol and the rest of German-speaking Europe).

Public holidays and local saints' days are not transferred when they fall on a weekend. The number of working days given over to public holidays therefore varies year by year.

The following days are not public holidays, but are nevertheless established by law:

DateEnglish NameLocal NameRemarks
7 JanuaryFlag DayFesta del tricoloreMade a national day by
law no. 671 of 31 December 1996.
27 JanuaryInternational Holocaust Remembrance DayGiorno della MemoriaMade a national day by
law no. 211 of 20 July 2000.
17 MarchAnniversary of the Unification of ItalyAnniversario dell'Unità d'ItaliaOnly in 2011 for the 150th anniversary.
4 NovemberNational Unity and Armed Forces DayGiorno dell'Unità Nazionale e
Festa delle Forze Armate		A public holiday from its inception in 1919 up to 1977, it marked the anniversary of the ratification of the Armistice of Villa Giusti between Italy and Austria-Hungary.

References

  1. ↑ "Festività nazionali in Italia" (in Italian). Italian Embassy in London. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "Festività nazionali in Italia" (in Italian). Governo Italiano - Dipartimento per il Cerimoniale dello Stato. Retrieved 25 April 2013.

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