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12 October National Day of Spain and "Día de la Hispanidad"

12 October National Day of Spain and "Día de la Hispanidad"

by SP_Marina Martinez Aguilera -
Number of replies: 3

Hello! 1 Ocotober is the "Día de la Hispanidad" or National Day in Spain. We celebrate the discovery of the American continent by Cristopher Columbus, the Spanish language and the Spanish culture in Spain and overseas.

Here is a link with more info about this special day, which is also celebrated in otehr countries in a similar way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Day_of_Spain

When do you celebrate your National Day?

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Re: 12 October National Day of Spain and "Día de la Hispanidad"

by RO_Marina Vasile Mihai -
Happy Anniversary!
The Spanish culture is great and I hope you all celebrate today.For Romania, the National day is on December 1st when we celebrate with military parades and traditional food.
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Re: 12 October National Day of Spain and "Día de la Hispanidad"

by SL_Mojca Vukovic -
Hi,

we celebrate our independence day on 25th June. This is the date when Slovenia left former Republic of Yugoslavia and officially became an independent country. This was followed by a ten day war that later on spread to other parts of former Yugoslavia.
Best wishes from SLovenia,

Mojca
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Re: 12 October National Day of Spain and "Día de la Hispanidad"

by IT_Ivo Zambello -
Our national holidays are April 25 to commemorate the liberation from Nazi-Fascism in 1945 and June 2 to commemorate the transition from the monarchy to the republic after the referendum of June 2, 1946.