Constitution Day (Spain)
6 December 2026 — Pages turn into wings – today the constitution takes flight over Spain!
Constitution Day in Spain is observed on 6 December and commemorates the referendum of 6 December 1978, in which Spaniards approved the constitution that is still in force today. It was drawn up after the end of Franco's dictatorship and marked a milestone in the transition to democracy. The king gave it royal assent on 27 December 1978, and it was published in the official gazette (BOE) on 29 December 1978, the day it came into force. The day is a national public holiday. Typical events include official ceremonies, and the Congress of Deputies (the lower house of parliament) in Madrid holds open days for visitors. Many people take a short break, often linking the day with 8 December, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, which creates a long weekend known as „el puente“ (the bridge). The holiday has no direct link to the sky: its date is fixed in the solar calendar and always falls in late autumn, shortly before the December solstice, when the nights are long and the stars are at their best.
Flying across the sky: An ethereal, bluish-silver figure made of luminous dots and thin connecting lines, like a constellation: an open book whose pages beat like wings, with a long quill feather trailing behind it as a tail
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