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AUTONOMY DAY 2026 Official ceremony

5 September, 5.30 pm – Teatro Sociale, Trento

The event will provide an opportunity to celebrate, in the presence of the Head of State Sergio Mattarella, the 80th anniversary of the Italian Republic and of the De Gasperi–Gruber Agreement, which laid the foundations for the specific legal framework of Trentino-Alto Adige. An institutional occasion to look back over eighty years of history, as well as to reflect on the value of special autonomy and the role it is called upon to play in the region’s present and future.

Giornata dell’Autonomia 2026
© Archivio Ufficio Stampa PAT - Attribuzione

Description

 
PROGRAMMA DELLA CERIMONIA
 

Speakers

 

Michele Cereghini, President of the Council of Local Authorities

Claudio Soini, President of the Council of the Autonomous Province of Trento

Maurizio Fugatti, President of the Autonomous Province of Trento

 

keynote lecture

 

Prof. Umberto Gentiloni
“The strength of Italian democracy: eighty years of the Republic”

 

Speaker

 

Prof. Giuseppe Tognon
“Alcide De Gasperi and Autonomy. The story of an international agreement”

 

Introduction and moderation by
Maria Concetta Mattei

 

musical interludes
by the SAT Choir

 

The ceremony will be broadcast live on television and streamed online.

Videos

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Dates and times

2026 05 Sep

Event start 17:30 - Event end 18:30

Location

BOOKINGS FOR THE PUBLIC

You can book your seat at the ceremony by visiting the following link : autonomia80anni.centrosantachiara.it, which will be active from 12 noon on Wednesday 26 August, subject to availability. Please note that you cannot book on behalf of other people. Entry to the event is free.

  • Account: the procedure requires new users to complete full registration, or existing users of the Centro Santa Chiara to update their details. 
  • Required details: please fill in the required fields accurately (first name, surname, email address, date and place of birth).
  • Ticket: you must download your e-ticket from your personal account (the ticket will not be sent automatically by email). The admission ticket, which is strictly personal and non-transferable, must be presented at the entrance on the day of the event.

For information and assistance during the registration process, please contact the CSC Information Desk on the freephone number 800 013 952, or email puntoinfo@centrosantachiara.it.

Booking procedure for wheelchair users: to make a booking, please contact the box office directly on the freephone number 800.013952, puntoinfo@centrosantachiara.it.

Access to the theatre
On the day of the ceremony, for safety reasons, you are advised to arrive at the theatre by 3.15 pm and no later than 4.15 pm.
Please also note that bottles, water flasks and power banks are not permitted inside the theatre.
Upon entry, attendees must have a valid form of identification and their admission ticket to hand, either in digital format (on a smartphone) or printed on paper.

Costs

Free admission for all attendees

Documents

Event poster

PROGRAMMA cerimonia (File pdf 642.02 kB)

Related documents

Giornata dell'Autonomia 2026 - Saluto di Claudio Soini

Intervento di Claudio Soini, Presidente del Consiglio della Provincia autonoma di Trento, in occasione della Giornata dell'Autonomia 2026

Giornata dell'Autonomia 2026 - Saluto di Michele Cereghini

Intervento di Michele Cereghini, Presidente del Consorzio dei Comuni Trentini e del Consiglio delle autonomie locali, in occasione della Giornata dell'Autonomia 2026

Giornata dell'Autonomia 2026 - Saluto di Maurizio Fugatti

Intervento di Maurizio Fugatti, Presidente della Provincia autonoma di Trento, in occasione della Giornata dell'Autonomia 2026

Additional information

INFORMATION FOR JOURNALISTS, PHOTOGRAPHERS AND VIDEO JOURNALISTS

In order to gain access to press-only areas, journalists and media representatives may only obtain accreditation through the Government Commissioner’s Office for the Province of Trento by sending a specific request to the email address prefetto.pref_trento@interno.it [specifying whether you are a journalist or a photo/video operator] and providing your personal details (first name, surname, place and date of birth), together with their address, telephone number, the name of the publication they represent, their professional registration number (if applicable), and a photocopy of their identity document.

Please note that there will be two designated areas: one outside the Teatro Sociale and one inside; it will not be possible to move from one area to the other. For organisational reasons, accreditation must be separate. 

Access will be permitted until 4.00 pm.

Accreditation requests must be received by the Government Commissioner’s Press Office by 12.00 on Tuesday 1 September. 

Passes may be collected from Thursday 3 September until Friday 4 September, from 09.00 until 12.30, at the Cabinet Office of the Government Commissioner’s Office, Corso 3 Novembre No. 11, Trento (first floor, room 215 – Tel. 0461/204452).

Camera operators who wish to do so may request the iframe (downloadable live video feed) at the following address: raiquirinale@rai.it

Photographic and video material may be requested from the Quirinale press office by writing to foto@quirinale.it and video@quirinale.it.

Form to be completed to apply for accreditation for journalists and photo and video operators

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