On 2 June 1946 Italians voted by referendum to abolish the monarchy, and the date has been the national day ever since. The observance is a wreath at the Altare della Patria, a military and civil parade along via dei Fori Imperiali past the president, and a flypast by the Frecce Tricolori trailing green, white and red over the city. The Quirinale gardens, otherwise closed, open to the public.
No attendance figure is published for the parade.
It is fixed on 2 June. The practical consequence for anyone planning around it is the holiday rather than the parade: when 2 June falls near a weekend it produces a ponte, Italians travel in volume, and coastal and lakeside accommodation prices accordingly across the whole first week of June.
PlanningFixed on 2 June — a public holiday, so the whole country is travelling that week.
Dates
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Computed from the recurrence rule we record for this entry, not copied from a listing. A date marked ~ comes from a calendar conversion and the observance may fall a day or two either side.