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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]
The unity of Italy and the birth of the modern Italian state is celebrated on 17 March, in honour of 17 March 1861, the date of the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy. [10] Before the birth of the republic, the national celebratory day of the Kingdom of Italy was the feast of the Statuto Albertino, which was held on the first Sunday of June. [11]
8 January – Flavio Orlandi, politician (born 1921) 11 January – Pio Laghi, Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1922) 9 February – Eluana Englaro, right-to-die patient (born 1970)
Pages in category "Public holidays in Italy" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe;
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Ferragosto is a public holiday celebrated on 15 August in all of Italy. It originates from Feriae Augusti, the festival of Emperor Augustus, who made 1 August a day of rest after weeks of hard work on the agricultural sector. It became a custom for the workers to wish their employers buon Ferragosto and receive a monetary bonus in return.
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2009 Italian novels (1 P) S. 2009 in Italian sport (16 C, 39 P) T. 2009 in Italian television (3 C, 2 P) Pages in category "2009 in Italy" The following 15 pages are ...