Ferragosto in Italy - 2023

15 Aug 2023, Tuesday

Ferragosto is a observance in Italy

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7 Months, 13 Days


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32 Weeks, 2 Days



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226 Days


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5,424 Hours


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325,440 Minutes


When was Ferragosto in Italy 2023?

15 August 2023, Tuesday

About: Ferragosto

Ferragosto is a public holiday celebrated on 15 August in all of Italy. It originates from Feriae Augusti, the festival of Emperor Augustus, who made 1 August a day of rest after weeks of hard work on the agricultural sector. It became a custom for the workers to wish their employers "buon ferragosto" and receive a monetary bonus in return. This became law during the Roman Renaissance throughout the Papal States. As the festivity was created for political reasons, the Catholic Church decided to move the festivity to 15 August, which is the Assumption of Mary allowing them to include this in the festivity. This festivity was used by Benito Mussolini to give the lower classes the possibility to visit cultural cities or go to the seaside for one to three days, from 14 August to the 16th, by creating "holiday trains" with extremely low cost tickets, for this holiday period.

Observed byItalians, Sammarinese and Italian Switzerland
Significancepublic feast, Catholic feast of the Assumption of Mary
Date15 August
date15 August
FrequencyAnnual
Wikidata descriptionholiday celebrated on the 15th August
Wikidata idQ1262719
Wikidata labelFerragosto
Wikidata aliasesArray

Ferragosto (2023) in other countries.

S.no.CountryDateHolidayType
1Italy15 Aug, TuesdayFerragostoObservance