Editing Unification of Italy (section)

==Anniversary of the unification of Italy==
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[[File:Piazza Venezia - Il Vittoriano (cropped).jpg|thumb|The [[Victor Emmanuel II Monument]] in Rome, inaugurated in 1911 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the unification of Italy]]

Italy celebrates the [[Anniversary of the unification of Italy|anniversary of the unification]] every fifty years, on 17 March (the date of [[proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy]]). The anniversary occurred in 1911 (50th), 1961 (100th), 2011 (150th) and 2021 (160th) with several celebrations throughout the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.150anni-lanostrastoria.it/index.php|title=Le celebrazioni del Risorgimento della Provincia di Roma|publisher=150anni-lanostrastoria.it|access-date=30 September 2014|archive-date=28 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528065821/http://www.150anni-lanostrastoria.it/index.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> While remaining a working day, 17 March is considered a "day promoting the values linked to national identity".<ref>{{cite act|index=222|url =https://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:legge:2012-11-23;222!vig=|title=Norme sull'acquisizione di conoscenze e competenze in materia di 'Cittadinanza e Costituzione' e sull'insegnamento dell'inno di Mameli nelle scuole|legislature=Italian Parliament|date=23 November 2012|article=|article-type=|page=|type=Law}}</ref>

The [[National Unity and Armed Forces Day]], celebrated on 4 November, commemorates the end of World War I with the [[Armistice of Villa Giusti]], a war event considered to complete the process of unification of Italy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.piacenzaprimogenita150.it/index.php?it%2F176%2Fil-1861-e-le-quattro-guerre-per-lindipendenza-1848-1918|title=Il 1861 e le quattro Guerre per l'Indipendenza (1848–1918)|date=6 March 2015|language=it|access-date=17 March 2021|archive-date=19 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319075828/http://www.piacenzaprimogenita150.it/index.php?it%2F176%2Fil-1861-e-le-quattro-guerre-per-lindipendenza-1848-1918|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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