Liberation from FASCISM -- a holy day in the Italian urban center : Venice [ holiday April 25 annually ]

 Festa di San Marco 2026

Across Italy

APRIL 25

marks the liberation from Fascism,

in Venice

it coincides with the Feast of

San Marco (English: Saint Mark)

PATRON SAINT of the Venetians.

According to a local tradition,

women are given a red rosebud

BOCOLO

as a gesture of love

and good fortune!