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Saint Bartholomew's Day

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🏪 What's open

  • Banks Closed
  • Government offices Closed
  • Schools Closed
  • Shops Mostly closed
  • Restaurants Mostly closed
  • Public transit Reduced
  • Stock market Closed
  • Post office Closed

🛋️ Long weekend potential

3-Day Block
SAT 22 Weekend
SUN 23 Weekend
MON 24 Holiday

3-day weekend (August 22 – August 24)

📣 Traveler notes

Italy was central to the Roman Empire and the birthplace of the Renaissance, recognized alongside Greece for its role in Western culture. The country boasts a vast number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including many high art and historical monuments.

  • New Year's Day (January 1)
  • Epiphany (January 6)
  • Easter (March/April) and Easter Monday (March/April)
  • Liberation Day (April 25)

About this holiday

The Saint Bartholomew's Day incident (1572) was a targeted wave of Catholic mob violence and assassinations against Huguenots during the French Wars of Religion. It began shortly after the marriage of Margaret (sister of King Charles IX) to Protestant King Henry III of Navarre.