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Portugal (Madeira) : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months

  • Currency: Euro (EUR)
  • Internet domain: .pt - telephone code: +351 - International dialing code: 00 - GMT offset: 0 (DST: yes)
  • Weekend: Saturday & Sunday
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    Friday march 22, 2024Spring holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Thursday march 28, 2024Bank Holiday (from 13:00)Banks only
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    Friday march 29, 2024Good FridayCatholic or protestant
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    Sunday march 31, 2024EasterCatholic or protestant
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    Monday april 8, 2024Spring holiday (end)School holidays
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    Thursday april 25, 2024Liberation DaySecular holiday
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    Wednesday may 1, 2024Labor Day/May DaySecular holiday
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    Thursday may 30, 2024Corpus ChristiCatholic
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    Tuesday june 4, 2024Summer holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Monday june 10, 2024National DayNational Day
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    Friday june 14, 2024Summer holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Monday june 24, 2024St John's Day (St. João da Madeira only)Secular holiday
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    Monday july 1, 2024Madeira DaySecular holiday
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    Friday july 5, 2024Summer holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Thursday august 15, 2024AssumptionCatholic
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    Wednesday august 21, 2024Local Fair (Funchal)Secular holiday
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    Monday september 9, 2024Summer holiday (end)School holidays
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    Spring holiday (beginning)

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    Friday march 22, 2024
    School holidays :

    Bank Holiday (from 13:00)

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    Thursday march 28, 2024
    Banks only : Commemorates the Last Supper when Jesus instituted the Holy Eucharist (Lord's Supper) celebrates and His washing of the disciples' feet Maundy Thursday is not an official public holiday. But since it is the day before long Friday, many people has their workday shortened, and banks are closed in the afternoon.

    Good Friday

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    Friday march 29, 2024
    Catholic or protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.

    Easter

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    Sunday march 31, 2024
    Catholic or protestant : Paid holiday

    Spring holiday (end)

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    Monday april 8, 2024
    School holidays :

    Liberation Day

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    Thursday april 25, 2024
    Secular holiday : carnations military revolution in 1974 which overthrew the Salazar regime

    Labor Day/May Day

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    Wednesday may 1, 2024
    Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .

    Corpus Christi

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    Thursday may 30, 2024
    Catholic : Commemorates the Last supper. Pope Urban IV ordered the observance of such a feast in 1264, and in the following century it became universal in the Western Church. For six hundred years that feast was observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, but in 1970 the new Roman Missal, while retaining that day for some countries, provided that in others the feast be observed on the Sunday after Trinity. the actual celebration is moved to the nearest weekend.

    Summer holiday (beginning)

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    Tuesday june 4, 2024
    School holidays : Only classes 9 - 11 -- 12

    National Day

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    Monday june 10, 2024
    Secular holiday : Commemorates Luis de Camoes, Portugal's greatest poet, who died in 1580. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

    Summer holiday (beginning)

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    Friday june 14, 2024
    School holidays : Only classes 5.º, 6.º, 7.º, 8.º e 10.º

    St John's Day (St. João da Madeira only)

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    Monday june 24, 2024
    Secular holiday : Only in Braga and in St. João da Madeira

    Madeira Day

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    Monday july 1, 2024
    Secular holiday : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

    Summer holiday (beginning)

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    Friday july 5, 2024
    School holidays : Only ages 9-12

    Assumption

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    Thursday august 15, 2024
    Catholic : Dogma defined by the Catholic Church on November 1, 1950, when Pope Pius XII declared that at the end of her life, Mary's body and soul were assumed into Heaven.

    Local Fair (Funchal)

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    Wednesday august 21, 2024
    Secular holiday :

    Summer holiday (end)

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    Monday september 9, 2024
    School holidays : One week earlier in primary schools