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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
Ferragosto fireworks display in Padua Ferragosto is a public holiday celebrated on 15 August in all of Italy . It originates from Feriae Augusti ("Festivals [Holidays] of the Emperor Augustus "), the festival of Augustus , who made 1 August a day of rest after weeks of hard work on the agricultural sector.
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.
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]
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.
Ferragosto (Assumption) Commemoration of the Virgin Mary's assumption into heaven 3 September The Feast of Saint Marinus and the Republic National feast of Saint Marinus (San Marino), celebrating the origin of the Republic in 301 1 November All Saints' Day: Feast dedicated to all saints 2 November All Souls' Day
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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. Roberto tells him to ...