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Italy, March 17 national holiday for 150 years

Unity of Italy, on March 17 a national holiday for 150 years

On 17 March it will be a national holiday, but only for this year of celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of the unit of Italy. This date coincides, in fact, in 1861 with the proclamation of the birth of the Kingdom of Italy by the then Sovereign of the Kingdom of Sardinia, Victor Emmanuel II of Savoy.
A statement was this morning, after the agreement took place between the Head of State and the Government, the Secretary to the Prime Minister Gianni Letta, during a press conference at the headquarters of the foreign press by way of Humility in Rome.
"I think that day is not going to work either in class or because it is written in the law," said the undersecretary.
the celebrations will be given by the official visit of President Giorgio Napolitano at the altar of the Fatherland and the Pantheon, where is the tomb of Vittorio Emanuele II. On the same day will be
also reopened the Gianicolo, the symbol of the Risorgimento, which will be rearranged for the occasion, while in the evening the maestro Riccardo Muti will play at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome.
"In the night preceding the 17th, what we called" the night Tricolore ", there are countless events and screenings of films that tell the historical event with two video clips that will give us the Committee on the process of unification, 'he warned know, also, Giuliano Amato, Chairman of the Board of Trustees to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy.
The festivities then continue again next June 2, when 26 European heads of state together those of the United States, Russia and the countries in which the Italian community is more numerous and deep-rooted (as Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay), will participate in the usual parade for the Republic Day of the Roman Forum.
"The intention was to invite them for the anniversary of March 17, but it was too close to their agendas," said Letta.
After the parade, the presidents will travel abroad for an official lunch at the Quirinal Palace, and finally in the afternoon in the Capitol, where Italy will do their best wishes.