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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]
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The popular tradition of taking a trip during Ferragosto arose under the Fascist regime.In the second half of the 1920s, during the mid-August period, the regime organised hundreds of popular trips through the fascist leisure and recreational organisations of various corporations, and via the setting up of the "People's Trains of Ferragosto", which were available at discounted prices.
Christmas lights in Verona Christmas tree at Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan Mount Ingino Christmas Tree in Gubbio, the tallest Christmas tree in the world [1]. Christmas in Italy (Italian: Natale, Italian:) 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 ...
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Italian name Remarks 1 January: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God: Maria Santissima Madre di Dio: 6 January: Epiphany: Epifania del Signore: 11 February: Lateran Treaty Day: Anniversario della istituzione dello Stato della Città del Vaticano: Commemorates the 1929 signing of the Lateran Treaty, which established Vatican City as a sovereign ...