Liberation Day (Italy)

Liberation Day
Celebrations held for 25 April at Porta San Paolo in Rome, 2013
Official name	Italian: Anniversario della liberazione d'Italia
Also called	Anniversary of the Liberation, Anniversary of the Resistance, 25 April
Observed by	Italy
Significance	Celebrates the liberation of Italy from Nazism and Fascism
Date	25 April
Next time	25 April 2025 (2025-04-25)
Frequency	annual
First time	25 April 1946
Related to	Tricolour Day (7 January) National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe (10 February) Anniversary of the Unification of Italy (17 March) Festa della Repubblica (2 June) National Unity and Armed Forces Day (4 November)

Liberation Day (Italian: Festa della Liberazione [ˈfɛsta della liberatˈtsjoːne]), also known as the Anniversary of Italy's Liberation (Anniversario della liberazione d'Italia), Anniversary of the Resistance (Anniversario della Resistenza), or simply 25 April (25 aprile [ˌventiˈtʃiŋkwe aˈpriːle]), is a national holiday in Italy that commemorates the victory of the Italian resistance movement against Nazi Germany and the Italian Social Republic, puppet state of the Nazis and rump state of the fascists, culmination of the liberation of Italy from German occupation and of the Italian civil war in the latter phase of World War II. That is distinct from Republic Day (Festa della Repubblica), which takes place on 2 June and commemorates the 1946 Italian institutional referendum.