Public holidays and festivals Spain

san fermín festival, pamplona

public holidays celebrated in spain include mix of religious (roman catholic), national , regional observances. each municipality allowed declare maximum of 14 public holidays per year; 9 of these chosen national government , @ least 2 chosen locally. spain s national day (fiesta nacional de españa) 12 october, anniversary of discovery of america , commemorate our lady of pillar feast, patroness of aragon , throughout spain.

there many festivals , festivities in spain. of them known worldwide, , every year millions of people on world go spain experience 1 of these festivals. 1 of famous san fermín, in pamplona. while famous event encierro, or running of bulls, happens @ 8:00 am 7 14 july, week-long celebration involves many other traditional , folkloric events. events central plot of sun rises, ernest hemingway, brought general attention of english-speaking people. result, has become 1 of internationally renowned fiestas in spain, on 1,000,000 people attending every year.

other festivals include carnivals in canary islands, falles in valencia or holy week in andalusia , castile , león.