Festa della Repubblica is the Italian National Day and Republic Day, which is celebrated on 2 June each year, with the main celebration taking place in Rome.
The day commemorates the 1946 Italian institutional referendum in which the Italian people were called to the polls to decide on the form of government following the Second World War and the fall of Fascism.
On 2 and 3 June 1946, an institutional referendum was held with which the Italians were called to the polls to decide which form of state – monarchy or republic – to give to the country.
