Italian Cultural Institute in Addis Ababa
Belai Zelleke Street
P.O.Box 1635, Addis Ababa – Ethiopia
e-mail: iicaddisabeba@esteri.it
PEC: iic.addisabeba@cert.esteri.it (address to be used only for certified mail)
phone: +251-11-155 34 27; +251-11-157 30 80
Opening hours:
From Monday to Friday: 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday: 15:00 p.m. to 17:30 p.m.
Holiday calendar
Holidays 2026 on which the Italian Cultural Institute will be closed
- Thursday, January 1 – New Year’s Day
- Monday, January 19 – Timkat (Orthodox Epiphany)
- Monday, April 6 – Easter Monday
- Saturday, April 25 – Italian Liberation Day
- Friday, May 1 – Labour Day
- Tuesday, June 2 – Italian National Day
- Saturday, August 15 – Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Friday, September 11 – Ethiopian New Year’s Day
- Sunday, September 27 – Meskel (Finding of the True Cross)
- Friday, December 25 – Christmas
- Saturday, December 26 – St. Stephen’s Day