“la Tomatina”, with the first “t” in capital letter and without quotation marks or italics

2023-08-30 11:58:32

He party name which is celebrated on the last Wednesday of August in the Spanish city of Buñol (Valencia) is written with the article in lower case, with the T in capital letter and without italics or quotation marks: the Tomatina.

However, sometimes it can be seen written in different ways: “The Provincial Council enables free buses for La Tomatina”, “Countdown to La Tomatina, the funniest pitched battle of the summer” or “The main rule of La Tomatina is to enjoy and have a good time. good”.

According to the Orthographylos nouns and adjectives that are part of name of festivitieswhether civiliansas in this case, religious or military, write with initial capital letter. Besides, they do not need any type of highlighting as quotation marks or italics, so they are written in round.

Thus, the appropriate thing would have been to write the previous examples in the following way: «The Provincial Council enables free buses for the Tomatina», «Countdown for the Tomatina, the funniest pitched battle of the summer» and «The main rule of the Tomatina is enjoy and have a good time.”