Public holidays in Italy

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

DateEnglish NameLocal NameRemarks
1 JanuaryNew Year's DayCapodanno
6 JanuaryEpiphanyEpifania
Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinoxEaster SundayPasqua
Monday after EasterEaster MondayLunedì dell'Angelo, Lunedì in Albis or more commonly Pasquetta
25 AprilLiberation DayFesta della LiberazioneLiberation from Fascism and Nazi occupation, 1945
1 MayInternational Workers' DayFesta del Lavoro (or Festa dei Lavoratori)
2 JuneRepublic DayFesta della RepubblicaBirth of the Republic, 1946
15 AugustAssumption DayAssunzione (Ferragosto)
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 JanuaryTricolour DayFesta del tricoloreFlag day made 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.[3]
17 MarchAnniversary of the Unification of ItalyAnniversario dell'Unità d'ItaliaOnly in 1911, in 1961 and in 2011 for the 50th, 100th and 150th anniversary.
4 NovemberNational Unity and Armed Forces DayGiorno dell'Unità Nazionale e Festa delle Forze ArmateA public holiday from its inception in 1919 till 1977, the anniversary of the end of warfare between Italy and Austria-Hungary included in the Armistice of Villa Giusti.

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.
  3. "L. 20 luglio 2000, n. 211 (1) Istituzione del "Giorno della Memoria" in ricordo dello sterminio e delle persecuzioni del popolo ebraico e dei deportati militari e politici italiani nei campi nazisti" (PDF). MELA (in Italian). 30 July 2000. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
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