The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, is on an official visit to the Republic of Chile. On his first day of visit, the head of state met at the Italian stadium Santiago, a representation of the Italian community in Chile. Subsequently, he visited the Station of the Eleventh Italian Company of the Fire Brigade in Santiago and the Museum of Memory and Human Rights. Mattarella has since laid a wreath at the monument to Bernardo O'Higgins.
Visit to Chile
Il head of state was received, therefore, al palace of the coin, by the President of the Republic of Chile, Gabriel Boric. At the end of the talks, the two Presidents spoke to the press. Sergio Mattarella also met the president of the Senate, Juan Antonio Coloma Correa, and the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Vlado Mirosevic Verdugo, at the Congress headquarters in Santiago.
Today, Wednesday 5 July, the Head of State will give a lectio magistralis at the University of Chile entitled: “Latin America and Europe: two continents united for peace, democracy and development”. Subsequently, he will inaugurate the exhibition “Shapes and colors of pre-Roman Italy” set up at the Italian Cultural Institute and will pay homage to the Monument in honor of Lumi Videla, in the Residence of the Italian Ambassador. Mattarella will then move to Punta Arenas where, on Thursday 6 July, he will visit Forte Bulnes, the Salesiano Maggiorino Borgatello Museum, the Círculo Italiano and the Mausoleum of the Italian Brotherhood.
(Texts and photos quirinale.it)
