Abruzzo Spring Wild Cherries
These observed dates are Italian National Bank Holidays where everything is closed. Each Abruzzo town/city is in addition likely to have a holiday/feast day on their particular Saint Day, for example in Bascianella, this is June 29th which is Saint Peter’s Day. A lot of these ‘feast days’ luckily coincide with the month of August!
January
01 January – New Year’s Day (Capodanno)
06 January -Epiphany (Epifania)
April
25 April – Easter Monday (2011) & Liberation Day(Festa della Liberazione) – do expect everything to be closed
May
01 May – Labour Day/May Day (Festa dei Lavoratori)
June
02 June – Republic Day (Festa della Repubblica)
August
15 August – Assumption Day (Assunzione)
November
01 November – All Saints’ Day (Tutti i santi)
December
08 December – Immaculate Conception Day (Immacolata Concezione)
25 December – Christmas Day (Natale)
26 December – St Stephen’s Day (Santo Stefano)
Author: Roddy Newlands
Roddy Newlands is an Associate Member of Life In Abruzzo, as well as antique book dealer and web and graphic designer. Abruzzo allows him to get his mountain-air fix, & satisfy his passion for pasta & panettone.