The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, is in the Chamber to take part in the
ceremony to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the first session at Palazzo Montecitorio
in Rome, in conjunction with the celebrations of the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri.
In addition to Mattarella, the event sees the presence of the President of the Senate, Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati, of the President of the Chamber, Roberto Fico.
Representatives of Dante's cities and the capitals of the Kingdom of Italy and their schools are invited to the Ceremony.
After the greeting of the President of the Chamber, speeches by Carlo Ossola, President of the National Committee for Dante's celebrations and by Marina Formica, professor of Modern History at the Tor Vergata University in Rome, are scheduled. The actor Paolo Briguglia is entrusted with the reading of a song from the Divine Comedy and with the interpretation of the students of the National Academy of Dramatic Art "Silvio D'Amico" in Rome, the speech of the Crown of November 27, 1871 and the inauguration speech of the President of the Chamber, Giuseppe Biancheri, on 1 December 1871. For the occasion, the facade of Montecitorio is illuminated with the colors of the tricolor flag from 6 pm this evening until 1 am on Saturday and from 6 pm on Saturday at one o'clock on Sunday 28 November. From 2 pm,in addition, a new edition of "Montecitorio open door" is planned, the initiative that allows citizens to visit the most representative rooms and rooms of the Chamber of Deputies.
"The primary commitment for the institutions must be to strive to overcome, in line with the dictates of our Constitution, unacceptable gaps that undermine the sense of community at the root", said the President of the Chamber Roberto Fico, opening the Ceremony for the 150 years from the first session of the Italian Parliament.
"Today's celebration must remind us how Parliament has played a decisive role in all stages of national history, contributing, despite difficult and dark phases, to the consolidation of the country's unity and its institutional, economic and social evolution".