June 2nd: Republic Day Every year on June 2nd, we celebrate Festa della Repubblica in Italy. This date reminds us that between June 2nd and 3rd of 1946, Italians were asked to vote in an institutional referendum to choose between a monarchical and republican form of government—a decision that formed the Republic of Italy. Read a historical reflection by the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, Fabio
May 1st: Labor and Workers' Day Today is May 1st and in Italy we celebrate Labor and Workers' Day. Watch the video by director Fabio Finotti, IIC of New York, where he shares some reflections on the concepts of "otium" and "negotium", on the history of this anniversary between Italy and the United States and on the centrality of work in the Constitution
April 25th: Liberation Day «On April 25th, we celebrate a festivity that has a beautiful name: Liberation Day. Not the Day of Freedom but the Day of Liberation. What's the difference? They are two beautiful but different concepts. Freedom is a fact, a reality in which we live and which may have been given to us by others. Liberation, on the other hand,
