13 official public holidays in 2011, with 0 still ahead and around 252 working days remaining.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Jan 1 | Saturday | New Year's Day Capodanno | Public |
| Thu, Jan 6 | Thursday | Epiphany Epifania | Public |
| Sun, Apr 24 | Sunday | Easter Sunday Pasqua | Public |
| Mon, Apr 25 | Monday | Liberation Day Festa della Liberazione | Public |
| Mon, Apr 25 | Monday | Easter Monday Lunedì dell'Angelo | Public |
| Sun, May 1 | Sunday | International Workers Day Festa del Lavoro | Public |
| Thu, Jun 2 | Thursday | Republic Day Festa della Repubblica | Public |
| Mon, Jun 13 | Monday | Whit Monday Lunedì di Pentecoste | Public |
| Mon, Aug 15 | Monday | Assumption Day Ferragosto o Assunzione | Public |
| Tue, Nov 1 | Tuesday | All Saints Day Tutti i santi | Public |
| Thu, Dec 8 | Thursday | Immaculate Conception Immacolata Concezione | Public |
| Sun, Dec 25 | Sunday | Christmas Day Natale | Public |
| Mon, Dec 26 | Monday | St. Stephen's Day Santo Stefano | Public |
Sat, Jan 1 · Saturday
New Year's Day
Capodanno
Public
Thu, Jan 6 · Thursday
Epiphany
Epifania
Public
Sun, Apr 24 · Sunday
Easter Sunday
Pasqua
Public
Mon, Apr 25 · Monday
Liberation Day
Festa della Liberazione
Public
Mon, Apr 25 · Monday
Easter Monday
Lunedì dell'Angelo
Public
Sun, May 1 · Sunday
International Workers Day
Festa del Lavoro
Public
Thu, Jun 2 · Thursday
Republic Day
Festa della Repubblica
Public
Mon, Jun 13 · Monday
Whit Monday
Lunedì di Pentecoste
Public
Mon, Aug 15 · Monday
Assumption Day
Ferragosto o Assunzione
Public
Tue, Nov 1 · Tuesday
All Saints Day
Tutti i santi
Public
Thu, Dec 8 · Thursday
Immaculate Conception
Immacolata Concezione
Public
Sun, Dec 25 · Sunday
Christmas Day
Natale
Public
Mon, Dec 26 · Monday
St. Stephen's Day
Santo Stefano
Public
Total holidays
13
in 2011
Working days remaining
252
across all of 2011
Upcoming holidays
0
during 2011
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Italy recognises twelve festività nazionali by Law 260 of 1949 and subsequent amendments, including the patronal feast day of each comune, which means the actual count depends on where you work. Rome closes for Saints Peter and Paul on 29 June, Milan for Sant'Ambrogio on 7 December, Naples for San Gennaro on 19 September, none of which apply nationally. Republic Day on 2 June commemorates the 1946 referendum that abolished the monarchy. Liberation Day on 25 April marks the 1945 end of Nazi-Fascist occupation. The combination of dense religious calendar and patronal holidays gives Italy among the highest holiday counts in the European Union.
Italian civil law in article 2963 of the Codice Civile and procedural rules in article 155 of the Codice di Procedura Civile treat a giorno feriale as any day except Sunday and a recognised festività, with Saturday counted as feriale for substantive deadlines. Article 155 paragraph 5 specifically extends procedural deadlines falling on a Saturday to the next non-holiday day. The standard working week in private employment is Monday to Friday, while banks generally open Monday to Friday and close on Saturdays. Bank settlement uses TARGET2 for euro and the Banca d'Italia BI-COMP system for retail payments, which observes the national list of twelve.