Italy Celebrates National Unity and Armed Forces Day
On November 4, Italy commemorates the armistice that ended the First World War, signed at Villa Giusti.
This day celebrates national unity, as Trento and Trieste returned to Italy, and honors the Armed Forces, remembering the soldiers who fell during the fight for the Italian homeland.
- Established to commemorate the armistice of the First World War.
- A day of celebration of national unity and the Armed Forces.
- Initially a public holiday since 1922, but abolished in 1977 to increase economic productivity.
Today, it is a “suppressed holiday”, still paid to workers as “holiday falling on Sunday” according to most National Collective Labor Agreements (CCNL).
Author's summary: Italy celebrates National Unity and Armed Forces Day on November 4.
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