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Each year on June 2, Italy celebrates Republic Day.

The day commemorates the institutional referendum held by universal suffrage in 1946, in which the Italian people were called to the polls to decide on the form of government, republic or monarchy, following World War II and the fall of Fascism.

Italians chose to become a Republic with 12,717,923 votes versus 10,719,284 votes for the monarchy. Every year, a parade is held in Rome to commemorate the date and is presided over by the President of the Italian Republic and other high officers of state attending the ceremony.