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[[File:Frecce Tricolori 2022.jpg|thumb|The ''[[Frecce Tricolori]]'', with the smoke trail representing the [[national colours of Italy]], above the [[Victor Emmanuel II Monument]] in Rome during the celebrations of the ''[[Festa della Repubblica]]'', Italy's National Day<ref name="calendario"/>]]

'''[[Public holiday]]s in [[Italy]]''' are established by the [[Italian parliament]] and, with the exception of city or community [[Patronal festival|patronal day]]s, apply nationwide.<ref name=Cerimoniale>{{cite web|title=Festività nazionali in Italia|url=http://www.governo.it/Presidenza/ufficio_cerimoniale/cerimoniale/giornate.html|publisher=Governo Italiano - Dipartimento per il Cerimoniale dello Stato|access-date=2022-03-01|language=it}}</ref> These include a mix of national, religious and local observances. As for [[Whit Monday]], there is an exception for [[South Tyrol]]. In Italy, there are also State commemoration days, which are not public holidays.

==Overview==
[[File:Mattarella 2 Giugno 2018.jpg|thumbnail|[[President of Italy]] [[Sergio Mattarella]] on the presidential car [[Lancia Flaminia]] during the [[military parade]] along [[Via dei Fori Imperiali]] in Rome during the ''[[Festa della Repubblica]]'' on 2 June 2018]]

Italy's National Day, the ''[[Festa della Repubblica]]'' (''Republic Day''),<ref name="calendario"/> is celebrated on 2 June each year, with the main celebration taking place in [[Rome]], and commemorates the [[Italian institutional referendum, 1946|birth of the Italian Republic]] in 1946.<ref>{{cite web|title=Festività nazionali in Italia|url=http://www.amblondra.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Londra/Menu/In_linea_con_utente/Domande_frequenti/altro.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624220055/http://www.amblondra.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Londra/Menu/In_linea_con_utente/Domande_frequenti/altro.htm|archive-date=24 June 2012|access-date=15 April 2012|publisher=Italian Embassy in London|language=it}}</ref> The ceremony of the event organized in Rome includes the deposition of a [[laurel wreath]] as a tribute to the [[Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Italy)|Italian Unknown Soldier]] at the [[Altare della Patria]] by the [[President of the Italian Republic]] and a [[military parade]] along [[Via dei Fori Imperiali]] in Rome.
[[File:Festa della Liberazione - Florence, Italy - 25 April 2009.jpg|thumb|[[Anti-fascist]] demonstration on the occasion of the [[Liberation Day (Italy)|Liberation Day]] in [[Florence]] on 25 April 2009]]

[[Liberation Day (Italy)|Liberation Day]] is a national holiday in Italy that takes place on 25 April commemorating the victory of the [[Italian resistance movement]] against [[Nazi Germany]] and the [[Italian Social Republic]], [[puppet state]] of the Nazis and [[rump state]] of the fascists, in the [[Italian Civil War]], a [[civil war]] in Italy fought during [[World War II]]. The date was chosen by convention, as it was the day of the year in 1945 when the [[National Liberation Committee]] of Upper Italy (CLNAI) officially proclaimed the insurgency in a radio announcement, propounding the seizure of power by the CLNAI and proclaiming the death sentence for all fascist leaders (including [[Benito Mussolini]], who was shot three days later).<ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.associazioni.milano.it/isec/ita/cronologia/crono25apr.htm| title=Fondazione ISEC – cronologia dell'insurrezione a Milano – 25 aprile| access-date=28 September 2019 | language=Italian}}</ref>

17 March was proclaimed a national holiday in 1911, the 50th [[Anniversary of the Unification of Italy]], in 1961, the 100th anniversary of the Unification of Italy, and in 2011, the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy. The law no. 222 of 23 November 2012<ref name="17 March">{{cite web|url=https://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:legge:2012-11-23;222!vig=|title=LEGGE 23 novembre 2012, n. 222|access-date=29 December 2022|language=it}}</ref> the ''Giornata dell'Unità nazionale, della Costituzione, dell'inno e della bandiera'' ("Day of National Unity, the Constitution, the anthem and the flag") was established to be celebrated on 17 March of each year, on the day of the [[Proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy|proclamation of the Unification of Italy in 1861]], however it is not to be considered a festive day.

Until 1977 the following were also considered public holidays in Italy for civil purposes:<ref name="legge">{{cite web|url=https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/1977/03/07/077U0054/sg#:~:text=A%20decorrere%20dal%201977%20la,2%20giugno%20e%204%20novembre.|title=LEGGE 5 marzo 1977, n. 54|access-date=27 December 2022|language=it}}</ref>

* 19 March, [[Saint Joseph]] Day;
* 40 days after [[Easter]], [[Ascension of Jesus]];
* 60 days after Easter, [[Feast of Corpus Christi|Corpus Christi]];
* 29 June, [[Feast of Saints Peter and Paul|Saints Peter and Paul]], patron saints of Rome (it remained a public holiday only in the municipality of Rome);
* 4 November, [[National Unity and Armed Forces Day]].

These public holidays were suppressed, during the [[austerity]] caused by the [[1973 oil crisis]], on the basis of the law n. 54 of 5 March 1977.<ref name="legge"/> In particular, in 1977 [[National Unity and Armed Forces Day]] became a [[moveable feast]], and celebrations occurred every first Sunday of November.<ref name=":0" /> National Unity and Armed Forces Day is an Italian national day since 1919 which commemorates the victory in [[World War I]], a war event considered the completion of the process of unification of Italy. It is celebrated every 4 November, which is the anniversary of the [[armistice of Villa Giusti]] becoming effective in 1918 declaring [[Austria-Hungary]]'s surrender.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.ilpost.it/2014/11/04/festa-4-novembre-forze-armate/|title=Perché il 4 novembre è festa|date=4 November 2014|work=Il Post|language=it-IT}}</ref> Italy entered World War I in 1915 with the aim of completing national unity and for this reason, the Italian intervention in World War I is also considered the [[Fourth Italian War of Independence]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.piacenzaprimogenita150.it/index.php?it/176/il-1861-e-le-quattro-guerre-per-lindipendenza-1848-1918|title=Il 1861 e le quattro Guerre per l'Indipendenza (1848–1918)|date=6 March 2015 |language=it|access-date=12 March 2021}}</ref> in a historiographical perspective that identifies in the latter the conclusion of the unification of Italy, whose military actions began during the [[revolutions of 1848]] with the [[First Italian War of Independence]].<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://www.beniculturali.it/mibac/export/MiBAC/sito-MiBAC/Contenuti/MibacUnif/Eventi/visualizza_asset.html_1239896580.html|title=La Grande Guerra nei manifesti italiani dell'epoca|language=it|access-date=12 March 2021|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923183754/http://www.beniculturali.it/mibac/export/MiBAC/sito-MiBAC/Contenuti/MibacUnif/Eventi/visualizza_asset.html_1239896580.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_LntMIUOXngC&q=%22quarta+guerra+d%27indipendenza%22&pg=PA41|title=Il Manuale di Storia in Italia, di Piergiovanni Genovesi|isbn=9788856818680|language=it|access-date=12 March 2021|last1=Genovesi|first1=Piergiovanni|date=11 June 2009|publisher=FrancoAngeli }}</ref>
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In addition to the 12 national holidays, each city or town celebrates a public holiday on the occasion of the [[Patronal festival|festival of the local patron saint]]. For example, [[Rome]] on 29 June ([[Feast of Saints Peter and Paul|Saints Peter and Paul]]), [[Milan]] on 7 December ([[Ambrose|Saint Ambrose]]), [[Naples]] on 19 September ([[Januarius|Saint Januarius]]), and [[Florence]] on 24 June ([[John the Baptist|Saint John the Baptist]]); [[Venice]] celebrates on 21 November ([[Santa Maria della Salute|Saint Mary of Health]]) because the patron day on 25 April ([[Mark the Evangelist|Saint Mark the Evangelist]]) is also the [[Liberation Day (Italy)|Liberation Day]].<ref name=Cerimoniale/> In [[South Tyrol]], the holiday is instead on [[Whit Monday]]. This makes the total public holidays in Italy 13. 
[[File:Celebrazione del 2777 Natale di Roma - Pietas Comunità Gentile 2.jpg|thumb|Celebration of the 2777th [[Natale di Roma]] at the [[Circus Maximus]]]]

[[Natale di Roma]], historically known as ''Dies Romana'' and also referred to as Romaia, is the festival linked to the [[foundation of Rome]], celebrated on 21 April.<ref name="Plutarch12">[[Plutarch]], ''[[Parallel Lives]] - Life of Romulus'', [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Romulus*.html#12 12.2] (from [[LacusCurtius]])</ref> According to [[legend]], [[Romulus]] is said to have founded the city of [[Rome]] on 21 April, [[753 BC]]. From this date, the Roman chronology derived its system, known by the [[Latin]] phrase ''[[Ab Urbe condita]]'', meaning ''"from the founding of the City"'', which counted the years from this presumed foundation.

The Italian national [[Patronal festival|patronal day]], on 4 October, celebrates [[Feast of Saints Francis and Catherine|Saints Francis and Catherine]]. Notable patronal festivals in Italy are the [[Festival of Saint Agatha (Catania)|Festival of Saint Agatha]] in [[Catania]], the [[Feast of Saints Peter and Paul]] in Rome, the [[Feast of San Gennaro]] in Naples and [[Little Italy, Manhattan|Little Italy, New York]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.littleitalynyconline.com/history1-content.htm|title=San Gennaro – The Patron Saint of Naples and Little Italy, NYC|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225180750/http://www.littleitalynyconline.com/history1-content.htm|access-date=4 October 2022}}</ref> and the [[Feast of Our Lady of the Hens]] in [[Pagani, Campania|Pagani]].

This number does not correspond to the number of days off work as public holidays falling on weekends are not transferred. When a holiday falls on a Tuesday or a Thursday, it is common practice to make a ''[[Long weekend|ponte]]'' (pl. ''ponti''. English: "bridge") in order to have a long weekend. Schools are usually closed.

[[Christmas in Italy]] (in [[Italian language|Italian]]: ''Natale'') begins on 8 December, with the feast of the [[Immaculate Conception]], the day on which traditionally the [[Christmas tree]] is mounted and ends on 6 January, of the following year with the [[Epiphany (holiday)|Epiphany]] (in Italian: ''Epifania'').<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 November 2013|title=The Best Christmas Traditions in Italy|url=https://www.walksofitaly.com/blog/things-to-do/christmas-traditions-in-italy|access-date=26 January 2021|website=Walks of Italy|language=en-GB}}</ref> The term "Natale" derives from the [[Latin]] ''natalis'', which literally means "birth".<ref>{{Cite web|first=|date=|title=Natale, origine del nome|url=http://www.etimoitaliano.it/2014/12/natale.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208081221/http://www.etimoitaliano.it/2014/12/natale.html |archive-date=8 December 2015 |access-date=26 January 2021|website=Etimo Italiano|language=it}}</ref> [[Easter in Italy]] ({{langx|it|Pasqua}}) is one of that country's major holidays.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ellci.net/easter-how-does-italy-celebrate-this-festivity/|title=Easter: How does Italy celebrate this festivity?|date=8 April 2019 |access-date=6 January 2024}}</ref> [[Easter in Italy]] enters [[Holy Week]] with [[Palm Sunday]], [[Maundy Thursday]], [[Good Friday]] and [[Holy Saturday]], concluding with [[Easter Day]] and [[Easter Monday]]. Each day has a special significance.

During the Italian public holidays, peaks of [[Tourism in Italy|tourist flows in Italy]] are recorded, particularly in winter due to the [[Christmas]] and [[New Year's Day]] holidays,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ilgiorno.it/milano/cosa%20fare/vacanze-natale-2021-1.7161005|title=Vacanze di Natale 2021, dove andare: caccia alle destinazioni meno battute|work=Il Giorno |date=17 December 2021 |access-date=23 April 2022|language=it}}</ref> in spring, due to the [[Easter]] holidays,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tg24.sky.it/cronaca/2022/04/17/pasqua-turisti-citta-arte-mare-montagna|title=Pasqua: città d'arte piene di turisti e prove d'estate sulle spiagge.|date=17 April 2022 |access-date=23 April 2022|language=it}}</ref> and in summer, due to the favourable climate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sustainabletourism.eurac.edu/it/area-tematica/stagionalita/|title=Stagionalità|access-date=23 April 2022|language=it}}</ref> For internal tourism, peaks of tourist flows are also recorded on the occasion of the three national civil holidays, [[Liberation Day (Italy)|Liberation Day]] (25 April), [[International Workers' Day]] (1 May) and the ''[[Festa della Repubblica]]'' (2 June),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.affaritaliani.it/economia/turismo-pasqua-25-aprile-boom-in-italia-ponte-ricchissimo-da-5-5-miliardi-791454.html|title=Turismo, Pasqua-25 aprile boom in Italia: ponte ricchissimo da 5,5 miliardi|date=16 April 2022 |access-date=23 April 2022|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tg24.sky.it/cronaca/2021/05/31/riparte-il-turismoonte-del-2-giugno-9-milioni-di-italiani-in-vacanza|title=Festa del 2 giugno, il turismo riparte: 9 mln di italiani in viaggio|date=31 May 2021 |access-date=23 April 2022|language=it}}</ref> as well as for three religious holidays, the ''[[Ferragosto]]'' (15 August),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newtuscia.it/2017/08/14/turismo-ponte-ferragosto-verso-esaurito-anche-nella-provincia-viterbo/|title=Turismo, ponte di Ferragosto verso il tutto esaurito anche nella provincia di Viterbo|date=14 August 2017 |access-date=23 April 2022|language=it}}</ref> [[All Saints' Day]] (1 November)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tg24.sky.it/cronaca/2021/10/29/ponte-1-novembre-ognissanti-viaggi|title=Ponte Ognissanti, 10 milioni di italiani in viaggio: meta preferita sono le città d'arte|date=29 October 2021 |access-date=23 April 2022|language=it}}</ref> and the [[Feast of the Immaculate Conception]] (8 December), especially in the presence of ''ponti''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.confesercenti.it/blog/8-dicembre-assoturismo-cst-lincertezza-frena-il-turismo-per-ponte-immacolata-4-milioni-di-pernottamenti-ma-tante-camere-vuote/|title=8 dicembre: Assoturismo-CST, l'incertezza frena il turismo, per Ponte Immacolata 4 milioni di pernottamenti ma tante camere vuote|date=4 December 2021 |access-date=23 April 2022|language=it}}</ref>

In 2025, Italy moves to reinstate the Feast of St Francis of Assisi as a public holiday.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.euronews.com/2025/09/25/italy-set-set-to-reinstate-st-francis-public-holiday-after-overwhelming-parliament-vote/|title=Italy set to reinstate St Francis public holiday after parliament vote.|date=25 September 2025|access-date=27 September 2025|language=en}}</ref>

==Current holidays==
[[File:Neve a Verona 17.01.2006 033.jpg|thumb|[[Christmas lights]] at [[Verona Arena]] in 2006<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Il Natale accende Verona con le luminarie, alberi, stelle e proiezioni grafiche|url=https://www.veronasera.it/attualita/luminarie-natale-verona-accensione-agsm-13-novembre-2020.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 26, 2021|website=Verona Sera|language=it}}</ref>]]
[[File:Padova - Ferragosto.jpg|thumb|''[[Ferragosto]]'' fireworks display in [[Padua]] on 15 August 2010]]
[[File:2013-04-25 Porta san Paolo Roma.jpg|thumb|[[Anti-fascist]] demonstration at [[Porta San Paolo]] in [[Rome]] on the occasion of the [[Liberation Day (Italy)|Liberation Day]] on 25 April 2013]]
[[File:Catenanuovasanprospero.png|thumb|[[Patronal festival]] in [[Catenanuova]], [[Sicily]]]]
Current holidays in Italy are:<ref name="cerimoniale"/>

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!Date||English Name||Italian Name||Remarks
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| colspan="3" |Every [[Sunday]] including [[Easter]]{{efn|It can fall between 22 March and 25 April}}
|In Italy, Sunday is always a public holiday{{efn|So automatically [[Easter]] is a civil holiday due to the fact that it is always on Sunday.}}
|-
|''Variable''{{efn|The date depends on the saint's feast day, which is established by the [[calendar of saints]]. The date of the feast can be moved at the discretion of the ''[[comune]]''.}}||[[Patronal festival]]||''Festa del santo patrono''||Public holiday established by each ''[[comune]]'' limited to its own territory to celebrate the saint who has the role of [[patron saint]] of the municipality. [[Whit Sunday]] in South Tyrol and [[Saints Peter and Paul]] in Rome are fixed by law.
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|1 January||[[New Year's Day]]||''Capodanno''||
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|6 January||[[Epiphany (holiday)|Epiphany]]||''Epifania''||
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|''Monday after Easter''||[[Easter Monday]]||''Lunedì dell'Angelo'', ''Lunedì in Albis'' or more commonly ''Pasquetta''||
|-
|25 April||[[Liberation Day (Italy)|Liberation Day]]||''Festa della Liberazione''||The day commemorates the victory in 1945 of the [[Italian resistance movement]] against [[Nazi Germany]] and the [[Italian Social Republic]], [[puppet state]] of the Nazis and [[rump state]] of the fascists, in the [[Italian Civil War]], a [[civil war]] fought in Italy during [[World War II]].
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|1 May||{{nowrap|[[Labour Day]]}}||''Festa del Lavoro'' (or ''Festa dei Lavoratori'')||
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|2 June||[[Festa della Repubblica|Republic Day]]||''Festa della Repubblica''||The day commemorates the institutional [[1946 Italian institutional referendum|referendum]] held by [[universal suffrage]] in 1946, in which the Italian people were called to the polls to decide on the form of government following [[World War II]] and [[Fall of Fascism|the fall]] of [[Italian Fascism|Fascism]]. The day is one of the [[national symbols of Italy]]. 
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|15 August||[[Assumption of Mary|Assumption Day]]||''Assunzione ([[Ferragosto]])'' ||
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|4 October||[[Francis of Assisi|Feast of St Francis of Assisi]]||''San Francesco d'Assisi''||
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|1 November||[[All Saints' Day]]||''Tutti i santi'' (or ''Ognissanti'')||
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|8 December||[[Feast of the Immaculate Conception|Immaculate Conception]]||''Immacolata Concezione'' (or just ''Immacolata'')||
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|25 December||[[Christmas Day]]||''Natale''||
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|26 December||[[Saint Stephen's Day]]||''Santo Stefano''|| In Italy, [[Saint Stephen's Day]] became a public holiday in 1947, where previously it was a normal working day; the Catholic Church also celebrates it as a religious holiday, even if not as a [[Holy day of obligation|precept]], as it is in Germany and other German-speaking countries. The reason for the public holiday in Italy, not required by the Catholic Church despite the fame of the saint, is to be found in the intention of prolonging the Christmas holiday, creating two consecutive public holidays, which also happens in the case of [[Easter Monday]], a non-religious holiday, but which only wants to lengthen Easter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aspettandonatale.it/perche-si-festeggia-santo-stefano/|title=Santo Stefano: perché si festeggia il 26 dicembre?|date=10 December 2014 |access-date=28 December 2022|language=it}}</ref> Before 1947 the two days were working days, with banks and offices open.
|}

== State commemorations ==
The following days are not public holidays, but are nevertheless official State commemorations.<ref name="calendario">{{cite web|url=http://calendario.eugeniosongia.com/feste.htm|title=Le feste mobili. Feste religiose e feste civili in Italia|access-date=29 December 2022|language=it}}</ref><ref name="cerimoniale">{{cite web|url=https://presidenza.governo.it/ufficio_cerimoniale/cerimoniale/giornate.html|title=Ufficio del Cerimoniale di Stato|access-date=29 December 2022|language=it}}</ref>

=== Civil solemnities ===
[[File:Giorno del ricordo 2007.jpg|thumb|The former [[President of Italy]] [[Giorgio Napolitano]] during his speech for the [[National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe]] on 10 February 2007]]
[[File:Mattarella depone una corona d’alloro sulla Tomba del Milite Ignoto, 2022 (11).jpg|thumb|[[President of Italy]] [[Sergio Mattarella]] paying homage to the [[Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Italy)|Italian Unknown Soldier]] at [[Altare della Patria]] in [[Rome]] during the [[National Unity and Armed Forces Day]] on 4 November 2022]]

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|10 February||[[National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe]]||''Giorno del ricordo''|| Made a national day by law no. 92 of 30 March 2004.<ref name="camera">{{cite web|url=http://www.camera.it/parlam/leggi/04092l.htm|title=Legge n. 92 del 30 marzo 2004|access-date=30 December 2022|language=it}}</ref> It is an Italian celebration for the memory of the [[Foibe massacres|victims of the Foibe]] and the [[Istrian–Dalmatian exodus]], which led to the emigration of hundreds of thousands (between 230,000 and 350,000) of local ethnic [[Italians]] ([[Istrian Italians]] and [[Dalmatian Italians]]) from [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] after the end of [[World War II]].
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|11 February||[[Lateran Treaty]] Day<ref name="calendario"/>||''Patti Lateranensi''||Treaty between the [[Kingdom of Italy]] and the [[Holy See]] establishing, among others, the recognition of the [[Vatican City]] as an independent state.
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|9 September||Day of Remembrance for Sailors Lost at Sea||''Giornata della memoria dei marinai scomparsi in mare''|| Made a national day by law no. 204 of 14 December 2012.<ref name="calendario"/>
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|28 September||[[Four Days of Naples]] Day<ref name="calendario"/>||''Insurrezione popolare di Napoli contro i nazifascisti'' or ''Quattro giornate di Napoli''|| It was an uprising in [[Naples]] against [[Nazi German]] occupation forces from 27 September to 30 September 1943, immediately prior to the arrival of [[Allied invasion of Italy#Further Allied advances|Allied forces]] in Naples on 1 October during [[World War II]].
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|4 October||[[Feast of Saints Francis and Catherine|Saint Francis and Saint Catherine]]||''San Francesco e Santa Caterina''||Made a national day by law no. 132 of 4 March 1958.<ref name="calendario"/> [[Patron saint]]s of Italy.
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|4 November||[[National Unity and Armed Forces Day]]||''Giorno dell'Unità Nazionale e Festa delle Forze Armate''||A public holiday from its inception in 1919 till 1977, it commemorates the victory of Italy in [[World War I]], a war event considered the completion of the process of [[unification of Italy]]. It is celebrated every 4 November, which is the anniversary of the [[armistice of Villa Giusti]] becoming effective in 1918 declaring [[Austria-Hungary]]'s surrender.
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|12 November||Remembrance day for military and civilian fallen in international peace missions||''Giornata del ricordo dei Caduti militari e civili nelle missioni internazionali per la pace''|| Made a national day by law no. 162 of 12 November 2009.<ref name="calendario"/> 
|- 
|}

=== Celebratory days ===
[[File:Festa del Tricolore, 07-01-2004.jpg|thumb|The former [[President of Italy]] [[Carlo Azeglio Ciampi]] honors the flag of [[Cispadane Republic]], first [[Flag of Italy|Italian flag]], during the [[Tricolour Day]] on 7 January 2004 in [[Reggio Emilia]].]]
[[File:162nd anniversary of the Italian unification (07).jpg|thumb|[[President of Italy]] [[Sergio Mattarella]] paying homage to the [[Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Italy)|Italian Unknown Soldier]] at [[Altare della Patria]] in [[Rome]] during the [[Anniversary of the Unification of Italy]] on 17 March 2023]]
[[File:Columbus genoa.jpg|thumb|In Italy, [[Columbus Day]] has been officially celebrated since 2004 each 12 October.<ref name="governo.it">{{cite web|url=http://www.governo.it/Presidenza/ufficio_cerimoniale/cerimoniale/giornate.html|title=Governo Italiano – Dipartimento per il Cerimoniale dello Stato|date=November 23, 2012|publisher=Governo.it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522221028/http://www.governo.it/Presidenza/ufficio_cerimoniale/cerimoniale/giornate.html|archive-date=May 22, 2013|url-status=live|access-date=2015-01-30|df=mdy-all}}</ref> It is officially named ''Giornata nazionale di Cristoforo Colombo'' ("National Christopher Columbus Day").]]
[[File:Capitoline she-wolf Musei Capitolini MC1181.jpg|thumb|The [[Capitoline Wolf]], now illustrating the legend that a [[She-wolf (Roman mythology)|she-wolf]] suckled [[Romulus and Remus]] after [[Rhea Silvia|their mother]]'s imprisonment in [[Alba Longa]]. [[Natale di Roma]] is a festival linked to the [[foundation of Rome|foundation of the city of Rome]], celebrated on 21 April.<ref name="Plutarch12"/>]]

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|7 January||[[Tricolour Day]]|| ''Festa del tricolore''|| [[Flag day]] made a national day by law no. 671 of 31 December 1996. The official celebration of the day is held in [[Reggio Emilia]], the city where the [[Flag of Italy|Italian tricolour]] was first adopted as flag by an Italian sovereign state, the [[Cispadane Republic]], on 7 January 1797.
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|26 January||National day of remembrance and sacrifice of the [[Alpini]]||''Giornata nazionale della memoria e del sacrificio degli Alpini''|| Made a national day by law no. 44 of 5 May 2022.<ref name="calendario"/>
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|27 January||[[International Holocaust Remembrance Day]]||''Giorno della Memoria''|| Made a national day by law no. 211 of 20 July 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://melaproject.org/sites/default/files/2018-02/Law%20no.%20211%20establishing%20the%20Day%20of%20remembrance%20in%20memory%20of%20the%20extermination%20and%20persecution%20of%20the%20Jewish%20people%2C%20Italian%20military%20and%20political%20deportees%20to%20Nazi%20camps%2C%2020%20July%202000.pdf|title=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.|language=it|date=30 July 2000|website=MELA|access-date=3 January 2020}}</ref> It is an [[list of minor secular observances#January|international memorial day]] that commemorates the victims of the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]], which resulted in the murder of one third of the Jewish people, along with countless members of other minorities between 1933 and 1945 by [[Nazi Germany]], an attempt to implement their "[[Final Solution|final solution]]" to the [[Jewish question]].
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|1 February||National day of civilian victims of wars and conflicts in the world||''Giornata nazionale delle vittime civili delle guerre e dei conflitti nel mondo''|| Made a national day by law no. 9 of 25 January 2017.<ref name="calendario"/>
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|20 February||National day of health, social and social care and voluntary workers||''Giornata nazionale del personale sanitario, sociosanitario, socioassistenziale e del volontariato''|| Made a national day by law no. 155 of 13 November 2020.<ref name="calendario"/>
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|21 February||National [[Braille]] Day||''Giornata nazionale del Braille''|| Made a national day by law no. 126 of 3 August 2007.<ref name="calendario"/>
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|6 March||Day of the [[Righteous Among the Nations|Righteous of Humanity]]||''Giornata dei Giusti dell'umanità''|| Made a national day by law no. 212 of 20 December 2017.<ref name="calendario"/> 
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|17 March||[[Anniversary of the Unification of Italy]]||''Anniversario dell'Unità d'Italia''|| The day celebrates the birth of Italy as a modern [[nation state]], which took place following the [[proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy]] on 17 March 1861. However, the complete [[unification of Italy]] took place only in the following years. 17 March was proclaimed a national holiday in 1911, the 50th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy, in 1961, the 100th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy, and in 2011, the 150th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy. With the law no. 222 of 23 November 2012<ref name="17 March"/> the ''Giornata dell'Unità nazionale, della Costituzione, dell'inno e della bandiera'' ("Day of National Unity, the Constitution, the anthem and the flag") was established to be celebrated on 17 March of each year, on the day of the proclamation of the Unification of Italy in 1861, however it is not to be considered a day festive.
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|18 March||National day in memory of the victims of the [[coronavirus epidemic]]||''Giornata nazionale in memoria delle vittime dell'epidemia di coronavirus''|| Made a national day by law no. 35 of 18 March 2021.<ref name="calendario"/>
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|21 March||National day of memory and commitment in remembrance of the victims of the mafia||''Giornata nazionale della memoria e dell'impegno in ricordo delle vittime delle mafie''|| Made a national day by law no. 20 of 8 March 2017.<ref name="calendario"/> 
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|21 April||Natale di Roma||''Natale di Roma''|| It is a festival linked to the [[foundation of Rome|foundation of the city of Rome]].<ref name="Plutarch12"/> According to [[legend]], [[Romulus]] is said to have founded the city of [[Rome]] on 21 April 21, [[753 BC]]. From this date, the Roman chronology derived its system, known by the [[Latin]] phrase ''[[Ab Urbe condita]]'', meaning ''"from the founding of the City"'', which counted the years from this presumed foundation.
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|22 April||[[Earth Day]]||''Giornata della Terra''|| [[Earth Day]] is an international annual event on 22 April to demonstrate support for [[environmental protection]]. First held on 22 April 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally by EarthDay.org (formerly Earth Day Network).<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=21 April 2020 |title=EARTH DAY 2020: WHAT IS IT AND HOW DO PEOPLE MARK IT AROUND THE WORLD? |publisher=independent.co.uk |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/earth-day-2020-climate-change-environment-bees-a8314891.html |accessdate=19 February 2021}}</ref> including 1 billion people in more than 193 countries.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=24 April 2020 |title=The 50th Anniversary Of Earth Day Unites Tens Of Millions Of People Across The World In Action And A Multi-Platform Event |publisher=yahoo.com |url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/50th-anniversary-earth-day-unites-153700569.html |accessdate=19 February 2021 |archive-date=22 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422222506/https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/50th-anniversary-earth-day-unites-153700569.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|5 May||National day against pedophilia and child pornography||''Giornata nazionale contro la pedofilia e la pedopornografia''|| Made a national day by law no. 41 of 4 May 2009.<ref name="calendario"/>
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| rowspan="2" |9 May||Remembrance day dedicated to victims of terrorism||''Giorno della memoria dedicato alle vittime del terrorismo''|| Made a national day by law no. 56 of 4 May 2007.<ref name="calendario"/>
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|[[Europe Day]]||''Giornata dell'Europa''||[[Europe Day]] is [[list of minor secular observances#May|a day]] celebrating "peace and unity in Europe"<ref>{{Cite web|title=Europe Day|url=https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/symbols/europe-day_en|date=16 June 2016|website=European Union|language=en|access-date=8 May 2020|archive-date=1 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701182840/https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/symbols/europe-day_en|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Día de Europa: ¿Cuándo y por qué se celebra?|url=https://okdiario.com/curiosidades/dia-europa-cuando-que-celebra-2384530|date=5 June 2018|website=okdiario.com|language=es|access-date=8 May 2020|trans-title=Europe Day: When and why is it celebrated?}}</ref> celebrated on 5 May by the [[Council of Europe]] and on 9 May by the [[European Union]].
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|14 June||[[World Blood Donor Day]]||''Giornata mondiale del donatore di sangue''||[[World Blood Donor Day]] is [[list of minor secular observances#June|held]] on 14 June each year. The event was organised for the first time in 2005, by a joint initiative of the World Health Organization, the [[International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies]] to [[consciousness raising|raise awareness]] of the need for safe [[blood]] and [[blood products]], and to thank [[Blood donation|blood donors]] for their [[voluntary action|voluntary]], life-saving donations of blood. 
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|2 October||[[Grandparents' Day]]||''Festa dei nonni''|| Made a national day by law no. 159 of 31 July 2005.<ref name="calendario"/>
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|3 October||National day in memory of the victims of immigration||''Giornata nazionale in memoria delle vittime dell'immigrazione''|| Made a national day by law no. 45 of 21 March 2016.<ref name="calendario"/> 
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|4 October||[[World Animal Day]]||''Giornata mondiale degli animali''||[[World Animal Day]] is an [[list of minor secular observances#October|international day]] of action for [[animal rights]] and [[animal welfare|welfare]] celebrated annually on 4 October, the [[Calendar of saints|feast day]] of [[Francis of Assisi]], the patron saint of animals.
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|9 October ||National day in memory of the victims of environmental and industrial disasters caused by human negligence||''Giornata nazionale in memoria delle vittime dei disastri ambientali e industriali causati dall'incuria dell'uomo''|| Made a national day by law no. 101 of 4 June 2011.<ref name="calendario"/>
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|12 October||[[Columbus Day]]||''Giornata nazionale di Cristoforo Colombo''||In Italy, [[Columbus Day]] has been officially celebrated since 2004.<ref name="governo.it" /> Since the 18th century, many Italian communities in the Americas have observed the [[History of the Americas|Discovery of the New World]] as a celebration of their heritage, since Columbus was born in [[Republic of Genoa]], nowadays Italy.<ref name="Charles Speroni 1948 pp. 325">Charles Speroni, "The Development of the Columbus Day Pageant of San Francisco," ''Western Folklore'', Vol. 7, No. 4 (Oct. 1948), pp. 325–335. U.S. State Department, Bureau of International Information Programs.</ref>
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| rowspan="2" |24 October||[[United Nations Day]]||''Giornata delle Nazioni Unite''||[[United Nations Day]] is an annual commemorative day, reflecting the official creation of the [[United Nations]] on 24 October 1945. In 1947, the [[United Nations General Assembly]] declared 24 October, the anniversary of the [[United Nations Charter|Charter of the United Nations]], to "be devoted to making known to the people of the world the aims and achievements of the United Nations and to gaining their support for" its work.<ref name="UN_ARES168II">{{UN document |docid=A-RES-168(II) |type=Resolution |body=General Assembly |session=2 |resolution_number=168 |access-date=24 October 2008|date=31 October 1947|title=United Nations Day}}</ref>
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|National day of entertainment||''Giornata nazionale dello spettacolo''|| Made a national day by law no. 164 of 28 October 2021.<ref name="calendario"/>
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|9 November||Freedom day||''Giorno della libertà''|| Made a national day by law no. 61 of 15 April 2005.<ref name="calendario"/> 
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|21 November||National Tree Day||''Giornata nazionale degli alberi''|| Made a national day by law no. 10 of 14 January 2013.<ref name="calendario"/>
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|25 November||[[International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women]]||''Giornata internazionale per l'eliminazione della violenza contro le donne'' ||The [[United Nations General Assembly]] has designated [[November 25]] as the [[International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women]] ([[UN General Assembly Resolution|Resolution 54/134]]).<ref name="United">{{cite web|title=International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women|url=https://www.un.org/en/events/endviolenceday/|work=United Nations|access-date=21 March 2013|year=2013}}</ref> The premise of [[list of minor secular observances#November|the day]] is to [[raising awareness|raise awareness]] around the world that women are subjected to [[rape]], [[domestic violence]] and [[violence against women|other forms of violence]]; furthermore, one of the aims of the day is to highlight that the scale and true nature of the issue is often hidden.
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|Third Sunday of November||National day in memory of road victims||''Giornata nazionale in memoria delle vittime della strada''|| Made a national day by law no. 227 of 29 December 2017.<ref name="calendario"/>
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|1 December||[[World AIDS Day]]||''Giornata mondiale contro l'AIDS'' ||[[World AIDS Day]], designated on 1 December every year since 1988,<ref>{{cite web|title=About World Aids Day|url=http://www.worldaidsday.org/about/|website=worldaidsday.org|publisher=National Aids Trust|access-date=4 December 2014|archive-date=20 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120080054/http://www.worldaidsday.org/about|url-status=live}}</ref> is an [[list of minor secular observances#December|international day]] dedicated to [[raising awareness]] of the [[AIDS pandemic]] caused by the spread of [[HIV]] infection and mourning those who have died of the disease.  
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==See also==
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* [[Culture of Italy]]
* [[Christmas in Italy]]
* [[Ferragosto]]
* [[Traditions of Italy]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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