Overview
- A morning Alzabandiera flag-raising in Piazza Duomo will assemble honor guards from 9:00 with the ceremony at 10:00 featuring interforce bands and participation by multiple police and emergency corps.
- Palazzo Marino will be open to the public from 10:00 to 19:30 with original 1946 referendum and postwar municipal election documents on display and FAI-guided tours available by online reservation for visits from Piazza San Fedele.
- Afternoon music in the Cortile d'onore will include the Banda musicale della polizia locale at 16:30 and the Fanfara of the 1st Air Region at 18:00, followed by a 21:00 public projection of 'I volti della Repubblica' at Palazzo Reale that will be broadcast live on Rai 1 with free entry until capacity.
- The Quirinale collected citizens’ 30-second videos about what the Republic means to them for use in national programming, and state museums such as the Pinacoteca di Brera and selected exhibitions at MUDEC and Gallerie d’Italia offer free or special-access arrangements with some sites requiring prior booking.
- Archival exhibitions in Milan and Brescia present original documents tracing the 1946 vote and the shift from monarchy to republic, giving residents a chance to see the referendum’s records and underscoring the day’s aim of connecting civic ritual with historical memory.