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June 2: Italian Republic Day

The Italian Republic Day is the national holiday Italian celebrated every June 2 .

On this date we remember the

referendum held in institutional universal suffrage 2 and 3 June 1946 with which the Italians were called to the polls to express their views on what form of government , monarchy or republic, giving the country after the fall of fascism. After 85 years of reign , with 12,717,923 votes against 10,719,284 Italy became a republic and the monarchs of the House of Savoy were exiled.
June 2 is the only national holiday in Italy. In the Italian embassies around the world held a celebration which they invited the heads of state of the host country. From around the world come to the Italian President greetings of the other Heads of State and special ceremonies are held in Italy.
Before the founding of the Republic, the national festival Italian was the first Sunday in June, the anniversary of the granting of the Statuto Albertino .
In June 1948 for the first time Via dei Fori Imperiali to Rome hosted a military parade in honor of the Republic. The following year, with Italy's entry into NATO , he played ten simultaneously across the country while in 1950 the parade was included for the first time in the protocol of the official celebrations. Currently
provides for the ceremonial laying of a wreath ' laurel to Unknown Soldier at the ' Altare della Patria in Rome and a military parade in the presence of the highest offices state.
the military parade and during the deposition of the wreath at the Unknown Soldier, take part in all military, all police forces of the Republic and the Body National Fire and the Red Cross Italian. In 2005, the then President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi defiladed also ordered that the Municipal Police of Rome and civilian personnel of Civil Defence. They take part in some military parade military delegations of NATO and the 'European Union .
The ceremony continues in the afternoon with the opening to the public gardens of Quirinale Palace, home of Presidency of the Italian Republic , with musical performances by bands of the complexes 's Italian Army, the Italian Navy , 's Italian Air Force ,' s Carabinieri of State Police of Guardia di Finanza , the Corps of Prison Police and State Forestry .

(from www.wikipedia.it )