| New Year's Day - Wednesday January 1, 2020 Secular holiday : The world's most widely celebrated holiday, New Years was set on January 1 by Julius Caesar because that was the date the Roman consuls took over their duties. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Winter sales - Friday January 3, 2020 Special Events : May last over two months
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| Epiphany - Wednesday January 6, 2021 Catholic or protestant : The term comes from ancient Greek and means appearance . Celebrated on the 6th January, this feast corresponds to the presentation of Child Jesus to the Magi. This is the day of Jesus' first miracle, the Wedding in Cana , and the day of his own baptism Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Christmas holiday (end) - Monday January 6, 2020 School holidays : Www.regione.toscana.it
calendar issued by the Ministry of Education
no school on Saturday
Number of instructional days: 205
School uniform (grembiule) required in some schools
all study programs are aligned with the requirements of the Bologna Process
PISA ranking (average 493): 481
Schooling is mandatory till age 16
number of instructional hours per year in lower secondary education: 600 hours
University of Florence ranking: Times Higher Education #--/QS ranking #461-470/Shanghai #201-300
University of Naples Federico II ranking: Times Higher Education #401-500/QS ranking #481-490/Shanghai #301-400
University of Palermo ranking: Times Higher Education #501-600/QS ranking #801-1000/Shanghai #401-500
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| Easter holiday (beginning) - Wednesday April 8, 2020 School holidays :
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| Florence Scoppio del Carro - Sunday April 12, 2020 Culture : Explosion of the Cart ceremony.
Florentinese watch in Piazza del Duomo the Colombina a rocket in the shape of a dove, fly out of the Duomo and start a huge wooden cart bonfire on the piazza.
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| Easter - Sunday April 12, 2020 Catholic or protestant : Paid holiday
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| Easter Monday - Monday April 13, 2020 Catholic or protestant : In the year 325, the Council of Nicée determined a date fo Easter. Full Moon would fall the 14th day of a moon month (1). Easter would be marked by the dominical letter(2)and the epactus(3). With the establishment of the equinox ne variatur on March 21, algorithms where elaborated to attribuate a date for Easter whatever the year.
Time between two consecutive new moons: 20 days 12 hours 44 minutes 2.8 - Gives a letter code for the year's calendar Age of the moon on January 1st, minus one unity, 0 being the new moon's age.
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| Easter holiday (end) - Wednesday April 15, 2020 School holidays :
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| Liberation Day - Saturday April 25, 2020 Secular holiday : Commemmorates the end of World War I on 11th November 1918. The armistice was signed between the Allies and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front, which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning - the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
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