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The modern Italian name of the holiday comes directly from the Latin name. [4] According to Richard Overy, author of A History of War in 100 Battles, the Ferragosto Holiday was introduced by C. Caesar Octavian, the future Augustus, after his victory over Mark Antony at the Battle of Actium on 2 September, 31 BCE.
Another Summer Holiday (Italian: Un altro ferragosto) is a 2024 Italian comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Paolo Virzì. It is the sequel of Virzì's 1996 film August Vacation. [1] [2] [3] [4]
From what I know and also referring to the Italian version of Ferragosto, Ferragost meaning is "August Vacation" and it was a festivity of the end of major agricolture works... It's just on the same day when the Blessed Virgin Mary was bodily assumed in to Heaven. Today it's just a day where 90% of the Italian take a short vacation to the sea.
Mid-August Lunch (originally released as Pranzo di ferragosto) is a 2008 Italian comedy-drama and the directorial debut of Italian actor and screenwriter Gianni Di Gregorio. It was produced by Italian writer-director Matteo Garrone whose 2008 film Gomorrah was co-written by Di Gregorio.
In addition to the 12 national holidays, each city or town celebrates a public holiday on the occasion of the festival of the local patron saint.For example, Rome on 29 June (Saints Peter and Paul), Milan on 7 December (Saint Ambrose), Naples on 19 September (Saint Januarius), Venice on 25 April (Saint Mark the Evangelist) and Florence on 24 June (Saint John the Baptist). [2]
Panettone Living nativity scene in Milazzo Christmas market in Merano Zampognari in Molise during the Christmas period. Christmas in Italy (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 (Italian: Epifania), [1] and in some areas ...
The present Italian name of the holiday, Ferragosto, may derive from the Latin name, Feriae Augusti ("Holidays of the Emperor Augustus"), [61] since the month of August took its name from the emperor. The feast was introduced by Bishop Cyril of Alexandria in the 5th century.
The film starts in a sun-baked and seemingly empty Rome on an August morning during the Ferragosto national holiday.A young, timid law student, Roberto, gazing out his window, is asked by a 36-ish man named Bruno, who is passing on the street below at the wheel of a convertible Lancia Aurelia, to make a phone call for him.