Tricolour Day
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Tricolour Day, officially National Flag Day, is the flag day of Italy. Celebrated on 7 January, it was established by Law 671 on 31 December 1996. It is intended as a celebration, though not a public holiday. The official celebration of the day is held in Reggio Emilia, the city where the Italian tricolour was first adopted as flag by an Italian sovereign state, the Cispadane Republic, on 7 January 1797.
The eighteenth-century Sala del Tricolore, later to become the council hall of the municipality of Reggio Emilia, where the first Italian flag was adopted
The former President of Italy Carlo Azeglio Ciampi honors the flag of Cispadane Republic, first Italian flag, during the Tricolour Day on 7 January 2004 in Reggio Emilia
The President of Italy Sergio Mattarella during his entry into the Sala del Tricolore on the occasion of the Tricolour Day on 7 January 2017
National Unity and Armed Forces Day is an Italian national day since 1919 which commemorates the victory in World War I, a war event considered the completion of the process of unification of Italy. It is celebrated every 4 November, which is the anniversary of the armistice of Villa Giusti becoming effective in 1918 declaring Austria-Hungary's surrender.
President of Italy Sergio Mattarella paying homage to the Italian Unknown Soldier at Altare della Patria in Rome on 4 November 2022
Celebrations held for 4 November at Altare della Patria in Rome (1920)
Celebrations for National Unity and Armed Forces Day in Rome on 4 November 1922
4 November commemoration in Iglesias (1932)