ALEXANDRIA – Le celebrations of the 78th Anniversary of the Republic Day in Paviabased on the republican values of participation, social cohesion, solidarity, meeting and institutional collaboration, saw heartfelt participation from institutions and citizens.
The official ceremony, after the honors and the review of the departments, the flag raising, the reading of the President of the Republic’s message by the Prefect Francesca De Carlini and a greeting from the Mayor, was enriched by the students of the Comprehensive Institute of Via Scopoli in Pavia. After singing several verses of the Mameli Hymn, the children presented some reflections inspired by the fundamental principles of the Constitution and sang tunes based on the themes of freedom and participation.
At the end of the ceremony, the Prefect gave each child a paper copy of the Constitution, bound with tricolor taping.
As a corollary to the context of unity and participation in the National Day, the monumental courtyard of the Castle hosted adisplay of vehicles, equipment and instruments used by the Army, Police Forces, Civil Protection and Volunteersin addition to the initiative, for the little ones, “Firehouse”, organized by the National Association of Fire Brigades, which allowed him to try his hand at an assisted course which reproduces the different moments of training and intervention of the Fire Brigade.
The celebrations of 2 June, in addition to the awarding of the Honors of Merit of the Italian Republic, were completed by a moment of meeting, at Palazzo Malaspina, of the Prefect of Pavia with the Mayors and with the highest exponents of the Institutions, the Judicial Authority, the University, the economic, social, trade union world, and the Police Forces. Present in the Prefecture, among others, the Attorney General at the Court of Appeal of Milan and the Attorney General at the Court of Pavia, the Bishop, the Magnificent Rector, the Rectors of the Borromeo, Cairoli, Ghislieri, Collegio Nuovo, Santa Caterina colleges , the Commander of the Lombardy Carabinieri Legion, the President of the Province, the Extraordinary Commissioner of the Chamber of Commerce, the President of the Banca del Monte and the leaders of the Police Force.
