Italy's national day - Festa della Repubblica - is held in commemoration of the day in 1946 when Italians voted in favour of a republic and against the monarchy which had been discredited during World War Two. Read here.
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Tuesday, 2 June 2020
Saturday, 25 April 2020
25 APRIL - LIBERATION DAY
Liberation Day in Italy is celebrated on April 25th as Festa della Liberazione. The day is a public holiday in Italy that marks the end of the Italian Civil War and the end of the Nazi occupation. April 25, 1945, was the day that the Italian Liberation Committee officially declared the uprising and a general strike, though all of Italy was not fully liberated until a few days later on May 1st. Read here.
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