{
  "entity_type": "data_package",
  "dataset_id": "calcgrid-italy-public-holidays",
  "dataset_version": "it-national-holidays-2026-2027.1",
  "jurisdiction": "IT (Italy nationwide statutory/public holidays for 2026-2027)",
  "year": 2027,
  "coverage": {
    "start": "2026-01-01",
    "end": "2027-12-31"
  },
  "weekend_days": [
    "Saturday",
    "Sunday"
  ],
  "scope": "Italy nationwide statutory/public holidays for 2026-2027",
  "holiday_policy": "National statutory holidays are preserved; Sundays are handled by the Monday-Friday baseline and local patron days are not inserted.",
  "substitute_day_policy": "No nationwide substitute-day closure is inferred when a national holiday falls on a weekend.",
  "limitation": "Regional, municipal, local patron-saint, school, bank, sector, collective-agreement and employer-specific schedules are not inferred.",
  "events": [
    {
      "date": "2027-01-01",
      "name": "New Year's Day",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Law 260/1949; Government State Ceremonial Office"
    },
    {
      "date": "2027-01-06",
      "name": "Epiphany",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Law 260/1949; Government State Ceremonial Office"
    },
    {
      "date": "2027-03-29",
      "name": "Easter Monday",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Law 260/1949; Government State Ceremonial Office"
    },
    {
      "date": "2027-04-25",
      "name": "Liberation Day",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Law 260/1949"
    },
    {
      "date": "2027-05-01",
      "name": "Labour Day",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Law 260/1949"
    },
    {
      "date": "2027-06-02",
      "name": "Republic Day",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Law 260/1949, Article 1"
    },
    {
      "date": "2027-08-15",
      "name": "Assumption Day",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Law 260/1949; DPR 792/1985"
    },
    {
      "date": "2027-11-01",
      "name": "All Saints' Day",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Law 260/1949; DPR 792/1985"
    },
    {
      "date": "2027-12-08",
      "name": "Immaculate Conception",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Law 260/1949; DPR 792/1985"
    },
    {
      "date": "2027-12-25",
      "name": "Christmas Day",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Law 260/1949; DPR 792/1985"
    },
    {
      "date": "2027-12-26",
      "name": "St Stephen's Day",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Law 260/1949; DPR 792/1985"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "Italian Government – State Ceremonial Office: festive days",
      "url": "https://presidenza.governo.it/ufficio_cerimoniale/cerimoniale/giornate.html",
      "type": "government_calendar_reference",
      "scope": "nationwide statutory festive-day list and explicit distinction from civic commemorations/local patron days"
    },
    {
      "name": "Normattiva – Law 27 May 1949 no. 260",
      "url": "https://www.normattiva.it/atto/caricaDettaglioAtto?atto.codiceRedazionale=049U0260&atto.dataPubblicazioneGazzetta=1949-05-31&tipoDettaglio=vigente",
      "type": "government_law",
      "document_id": "Legge 27 maggio 1949, n. 260",
      "scope": "statutory public-holiday categories"
    },
    {
      "name": "Italian Ministry of Labour – holiday-day rules",
      "url": "https://www.lavoro.gov.it/temi-e-priorita-rapporti-di-lavoro-e-relazioni-industriali/focus/disciplina-del-rapporto-di-lavoro-triennio-2020-2022",
      "type": "government_guidance",
      "scope": "employment-law holiday list and compensation context; collective agreements are not inferred"
    }
  ]
}