The Emperor's Golden JubileeThe national grand tour, the monuments, the great final celebration in Romula and the huge popular partecipation: in this way Istalia celebrated Tommaso III's 50th anniversary on the ThroneTheir Majesties the Emperor and the Empress during the grand tour of the country29 May 5191ROMULA - The sumptuous week of celebrations for the Golden Jubilee of His Majesty the Emperor ended yesterday, a very successful event that above all met with great popular participation by part of the Istalian people who, once again, demonstrated all the affection for their sovereign who, having turned 75 a few months ago, is for many Istalians the only Emperor they have ever known, a quite fatherly or grand-fatherly figure of the nation by now.
The Emperor and the always beautiful Empress Elisa attending a reception in CaleonThe Emperor meeting people in Castiell'e SciorenzaThe official celebrations of the Jubilee had already begun at the beginning of the year with the Emperor and the Empress, as well as other members of the Family, first of all the Grand Prince and Grand Princess of the Crown, who left Romula in mid-January for a grand tour of the whole country that kept them over three and a half months aboard cars, trains and airplanes around the country, touching large cities as well as small suburban municipalities, participating in the inauguration of monuments, giving speeches to the population in the squares, lunches and dinners with local authorities, visits to excellences and cultural institutions and to businesses and companies, visits to public construction sites of great strategic works, dedications of streets and squares, inauguration of public buildings, four institutional cruises along as many important rivers in the country, a crossing of the Strait of Ingris on board the most recent ferry built for the public shipping company that deals with the connections between the island and the peninsula (surrounded by a huge deployment of naval vessels including a port aircraft, two LHDs, everal destroyers and dozens of frigates and offshore patrol boats).
Ships of the Imperial Navy parade in the water of Faro before to attend the naval maneuversOn the last day of the tour, in Faro, the Emperor witnessed impressive naval maneuvers held off the coast in front of the city from the Tower of the Istalians, which saw the participation of dozens of ships, landing craft, helicopters, airplanes and over 5000 soldiers, which ended with a spectacular and immense fireworks display that illuminated the city for almost an hour followed by a concert and several events all along the city's riverside entertaining the public gathered there.
The fireworks show in FaroThe last day of the tour coincided with the first day of the official celebration week which was declared by the Emperor as a holiday week, inviting the Istalians to celebrate with carefree and dedicating a few days of well-deserved rest from the efforts of every day. Therefore, offices and schools closed while the streets of the town were filled with festoons, flags of the Empire and the Crown and therefore tables with bars, restaurants, hotels and pubs that welcomed jovial citizens in parties and celebrations of all kinds which lasted for the days of the celebrations.
The day before yesterday in Romula the final act of the celebrations began with the Emperor who went to the Palace of Res Publica, crossing fenced streets already crowded with people, where he spoke to the Parliament in common session and to all the others highest state authorities gathered there to then participate in a reception held in the Grand Transept of the Palace of the Res Publica with Deputies, Federal Councilors, Ministries, High Judges, etc.... With his speech His Majesty praised the representatives of the nation for their work but also he remembered them their sacred mission to serve at the best the country, underlining how the parliament is central in the democratic life of the country and thus praising the great achievement of the Istalian democracy reiterating his committment in always defend it as first servant of the Nation.
The Emperor applauded by the Parliament at the end of his speechLate in the evening, then, the Emperor and the entire Imperial Family attended a decidedly more pop event, a great party and concert organized in Palace Square in front of Quattroregni Palace. There the Emperor was honored by affectionate speeches from his family members and then gave a short and concise speech thanking the over dozens of thousands of people gather there for the affection shown and wishing them to enjoy the show that saw the most famous Istalian artists sing on stage, each dedicating a few words of affection to His Majesty; songs by Lucio Bellini couldn't lack to please the Emperor, among which some of those which marked the wedding day of the Emperor with Empress Elisa.
The party and the concert in front of Quattroregni PalaceFinally, yesterday, in a Romula where over two million people flocked to be present and attend the closing of the celebrations, the Emperor left Quattroregni Palace followed by the whole Imperial Family, crossing even more crowded streets than the day before, to reach Piazza delle Milizie where he participated in a ceremony during which the square was renamed Piazza Tommaso III and where a monument for the Golden Jubilee was inaugurated by the city authorities.
Inauguration of the Golden Jubilee MonumentFrom there the Emperor reached the nearby docks along the Sala to embark aboard a river yacht with which he descended the river for a couple of kilometers greeting and beeing greeted by the crowd of people crowded along the embankments along the river and the bridges. Welcomed at the river port of Vecchie Pietre by fifty cannon shots, launched both by cannons lined up along the quay and by four river patrol boats, the Emperor and the Imperial family were once again on board cars for a further crossing of the crowded and rejoicing streets of the city up to Via 2nd May, the very central street of Romula which is the traditional stage of military parades, where they witnessed in fact a grandiose military parade with dozens of platoons from all the Armed Forces, the Sarrentina National Guards and Alaria, and then platoons of the Federal Police and the Federal Fire Brigade, as well as as many representatives of welfare and charitable associations of all kinds (red cross, national service, NGOs, etc...), while the Comete Tricolori flew proudly over the city coloring the sky with national flag colors.
The military parade in RomulaReturning to Quattroregni Palace, His Majesty welcomed the numerous Heads of State, Crowned Heads and foreign dignitaries invited to participate at the Jubilee and who at lunch were guests of a large reception, while all over the country public lunches were offered to the citizens with streets in every city of Istalia, large or small they are, set with endless tables that have seen the celebrations lasted all day.
The endless parade of Heads of State and Crowned Heads from all over the world showed the prestige and the respect that Tommaso III gained during his long years of reigns. Among the dozens of many foreign dignitaries there were the Vice-President of Lodamun Luis Harvey and consort, Prince Maximillien and Princess Luise of Lourenne, the Kaiser of Dundorf Oderveld XIII and consort, President of Mordusia Malcolm Reynolds and consort, Crown Prince George of Luthori and consort, the Triarchs of Kalopia Katerina Economidi, Persefoni Ralla and Yannis Barbou and consorts, the Gouverneur-General of Kanjor Maxim Gourgaud and consort, King Otto XX of Dorvik and consort, the President of Deltaria Patrik Siroky and consort, the President of Hutori Joseph Scott and consort, President of Kundrati Miluhan Krauloski and consort, King Gustav I Vilhelm of Dolgava and Consort, the Crown Prince Tadanaga and Prince Naokiyo of Senmatsu of Sekowo, and the event was also attended by a delegation of parlamentarians of the opposition from Tukarali and of course, among the guests who could not miss the event there was Emperor of Ananto and Kalistan Fredrich I with his consort Elizabeth, long lasting friends of the Imperial Couple.
The Emperor, the Empress and Grand Prince Nicola, brother of the Emperor, come back to Quattroregni Palace for the reception with the foreign dignitaries Certainly, at the end of the day, a Grand Ball could not be missing that the Emperor offered his guests while outside the Palace, in the square, a public pop concert was offered to the thousands and thousands of people crowded there while such events were held almost everywhere in the country.
This morning a large part of the country certainly woke up with a big headache and for many the wake-up call this morning meant a return to everyday life, although for many other offices and schools are expected to reopen only tomorrow. What is certain is that the Jubilee celebrations will be remembered for a long time.