St. Peter's Square seen from the basilica dome in Rome

Events in Rome

This September, Rome fills its churches, galleries and squares with autumn openings and live music. Romaeuropa Festival spreads dance, theatre and digital art across the city, while the Villa Medici Film Festival runs open-air screenings from 16 to 20 September. Conway The Machine plays on 18 September, Candlelight tributes to Ennio Morricone and Coldplay light two historic halls, and Opera in Roma stages Le Quattro Stagioni di Vivaldi on 21 September. At the museums, Vermeer arrives at Palazzo Barberini and Robert Mapplethorpe fills the Ara Pacis. It adds up to one of the city's fullest cultural months.

Current exhibitions in Rome

Vermeer, Woman in Blue Reading a Letter

Until: 11 October

Where: Palazzo Barberini

Johannes Vermeer's masterpiece, on loan from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, shows a young woman absorbed in reading a letter in a quiet interior.

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Robert Mapplethorpe, Le forme della bellezza

Until: 4 October

Where: Museo dell'Ara Pacis

A retrospective of the American photographer, with more than two hundred prints setting his portraits, nudes and still lifes beside classical sculpture.

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Andrea Pazienza, They Don't Always Die

Until: 18 October

Where: MAXXI

A retrospective marking seventy years since the comic artist's birth, gathering strips, drawings, archive material and a mural he painted in 1987.

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Public holidays in Rome to plan around

Public holidays reshape a visit more than most travellers expect. Public offices and banks close, shops and museums often switch to holiday timetables and public transport can run a reduced service, so a day built around a single museum can fall apart. Italy fixes its civil holidays by national law, and the list grew for 2026: a law passed in October 2025 added 4 October, the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, patron saint of Italy, with effect from 1 January 2026. The law also counts every Sunday as a public holiday, which is why Easter Sunday, on 5 April 2026, is not listed separately. Rome adds one day of its own on 29 June.

National holidays in Italy 2026

1 January New Year's Day (Capodanno)
6 January Epiphany (Epifania)
6 April Easter Monday (Lunedì dell'Angelo)
25 April Liberation Day (Festa della Liberazione)
1 May Labour Day (Festa del Lavoro)
2 June Republic Day (Festa della Repubblica)
15 August Assumption Day (Ferragosto)
4 October Saint Francis of Assisi (San Francesco d'Assisi)
1 November All Saints' Day (Ognissanti)
8 December Immaculate Conception (Immacolata Concezione)
25 December Christmas Day (Natale)
26 December Saint Stephen's Day (Santo Stefano)

Local holidays in Rome 2026

The 1985 decree that lists Italy's religious holidays names one city by itself, reserving 29 June, the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, for the comune of Rome. It is the only date on this page that applies to the city alone.

29 June Saints Peter and Paul (Santi Pietro e Paolo), local

The official infopoints are the exception to all of this. Roma Capitale describes them as open 365 days a year, and the only closures it publishes are 25 December at the Ciampino airport point and 2 June at the Fori Imperiali point. The two municipal reception desks near Piazza Barberini and Piazza Campitelli follow office hours instead, and the Campitelli desk closes on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.

The Italian law on public holidays on Normattiva >