All Saints’ Day is a public holiday in Italy.

Italy marks All Saints' Day - known in Italian as Ognissanti or Tutti i Santi - with a national public holiday on 1 November.

This year the holiday falls on a Friday meaning that in addition to the closure of schools and public offices, the festa will result in a long weekend in Italy.

The celebration of the saints is followed on Saturday 2 November by All Souls' Day, a Catholic tradition of mourning the dearly departed.

In Italy this is a particularly important day, when people gather to visit family graves.

The capital’s three main cemeteries - Verano, Flaminio and Prima Porta - will be open on 1 and 2 November from 07.30-18.00.

The Non-Catholic Cemetery in the Testaccio district is open on both days from 09.00-17.00, with last entry at 16.30.

Halloween, on 31 October, is still largely viewed as a foreign import in Italy where many see it as "non-Italian" and commercial, however the ghoulish festival is becoming increasingly popular among younger Italians.

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