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2 giugno

(or Festa della Repubblica) Public holiday – a civil festival to commemorate the referendum of 2nd June 1946 which led to the proclamation of the Italian Republic.

Repubblica

The republic was founded in Italy after the end of World War II, and was based on the results of the referendum of 2nd June 1946, which abolished the monarchy in favour of a republican state. The constitution drawn up in 1948 established the fact that it was a parliamentary republic.

Costituzione

This fundamental body of laws of the Italian Republic (also called the Carta costituzionale) has been in force since 1st January 1948. It was drawn up between 1946 and 1947 by a Constituent Assembly elected by the people, on the basis of the principles of liberty, equality and democracy. The compliance of individual laws with the constitution is controlled by a special body.

Tricolore

The Italian national flag: green, white, and red in vertical bands of equal width. It was created as the flag of the Cispadana republic in 1797 (modelled on the French flag), was used by the patriots during the Risorgimento, and from 1861 was the flag of the kingdom of Italy, with the coat of arms of the House of Savoy in the centre of the white band. The coat of arms was removed in 1946 when it became the flag of the Italian republic.

Fratelli d'Italia

Since 1946 the Italian national anthem has been the Inno di Mameli, named after the writer of the lyrics, the poet and patriot Goffredo Mameli, who died at the age of 22 in 1849 while fighting with Garibaldi to defend the Roman republic. It is more commonly known as Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) from its first lines: Fratelli d'Italia, / l'Italia s'è desta / dell'elmo di Scipio / s'è cinta la testa (Brothers of Italy, / Italy has arisen / with Scipio's helmet / binding her head). All Italians know the tune (written by choirmaster Michele Novaro, a friend of Mameli's), but very few know all the words by heart (5 verses in all).

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Teatro alla Scala

The Teatro alla Scala, Milan was built on the site of the ancient church of Santa Maria della Scala and opened in 1778 with a production of Antonio Salieri's "L'Europa riconosciuta". It was badly damaged by bombing in 1943, but restored and reopened in 1946 with a concert conducted by Arturo Toscanini. It closed for restoration and modernization at the end of 2001 and reopened to the public in December 2004 with the same opera by Salieri that had inaugurated the theater 226 years earlier. The Scala is known as an opera house all over the world, but it is also the home of a world-class ballet company.

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Teatro alla Scala

The Teatro alla Scala, Milan was built on the site of the ancient church of Santa Maria della Scala and opened in 1778 with a production of Antonio Salieri's "L'Europa riconosciuta". It was badly damaged by bombing in 1943, but restored and reopened in 1946 with a concert conducted by Arturo Toscanini. It closed for restoration and modernization at the end of 2001 and reopened to the public in December 2004 with the same opera by Salieri that had inaugurated the theater 226 years earlier. The Scala is known as an opera house all over the world, but it is also the home of a world-class ballet company.