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Public Holidays in Portugal |
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Year 2012| Date | Holiday | Comment | January 1
(Sunday) | New Year's Day | | January 2
(Monday) | Christmas holiday (end) | | February 17
(Friday) | winter holiday (beginning) | | February 21
(Tuesday) | Carnival | Religious - Catholic | February 22
(Wednesday) | winter holiday (end) | | March 23
(Friday) | spring holiday (beginning) | | April 6
(Friday) | Good Friday | Religious - Catholic or protestant | April 10
(Tuesday) | spring holiday (end) | | April 25
(Wednesday) | Liberation Day | | May 1
(Tuesday) | Labor Day/May Day | | June 9
(Saturday) | Corpus Christi | Religious - Catholic | June 10
(Sunday) | National Day | National Day | June 13
(Wednesday) | St Anthony (Lisbon only) | Religious - Catholic | June 24
(Sunday) | St John (Porto & Braga only) | Religious - Catholic | June 29
(Friday) | St Peter's Day (Póvoa de Varzim only) | Religious - Catholic | July 6
(Friday) | summer holiday (beginning) | | September 10
(Monday) | summer holiday (end) | | October 5
(Friday) | Republic Day | | October 5
(Friday) | Public holiday cancelled | | November 1
(Thursday) | All Saints' Day | Religious - Catholic | December 8
(Saturday) | Immaculate Conception | Religious - Catholic | December 25
(Tuesday) | Christmas Day | Religious - Catholic or protestant | December 28
(Friday) | Christmas holiday (beginning) | |
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