Archive for 'March'

There is almost no time in which a trip to Rome won’t be a rewarding and fascinating experience as there is simply so much to see and do in this grand city. At different times throughout the year, however, a vacation rental in Rome and time in the city means that you will also be able to enjoy some specific celebrations, seasonal experiences, or special events. From the intense Christmas celebrations in this hub of Catholicism, to the wonders of the blooming gardens of the historic palaces in spring, to the thrills of the Italian Open for tennis nerds planning a visit in May, to Roma Jazz Festival in October, there are all sorts of unique offerings throughout the year.

However, the 15th of March, known as the Ides of March, has long been a particularly significant day in Rome. It was often a time around which new year ceremonies would take place, was sacred to their supreme deity, Jupiter, was the beginning of a holy week in the later Imperial period, and more. However, it became cemented in popular imagination from antiquity all the way to the current day when, on the 15th of March in 44BC, Julius Caesar was assassinated on that very day.  

We all likely have some pretty amazing women in our lives that we feel indebted to and would like to celebrate and every March the whole world celebrates women with International Women’s Day. In Italy, in particular, there are specific ways to celebrate the day and traditions that have been created around this holiday.

International Women’s Day, which takes place on the 8th of March, traces its origins to women’s suffrage and labour movements in the 20th century. The earliest iteration of a formal day to celebrate women and promote the pursuit of equality and the establishment of more rights for women is said to have been a Women’s Day that was organsied by the Socialist Party of America in New York City on the 28th of February 1909. Then, in 1910, German delegates at the International Socialist Women's Conference suggested the idea of an annual version, though with no set date at that time.