Rome, 11 September (LaPresse) – "The sound of the first bell ringing out in the classrooms projects us into the future, into the weeks and months that await us, that await you at school. A place with the same aspirations everywhere in the world. A path on which young people and adults walk together." These were the words of the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, in his greeting to the Collegio dei Nobili di Capodistria, an Italian-language school complex that has undergone extensive renovation and will be inaugurated by the two presidents. “An encounter with knowledge and with the values inherent in education,” continued the Head of State, 'welcoming, dialogue, community, responsibility, trust, respect, inclusion. All this unites your educational community with all other Slovenian, Italian and European students. With the added value of continuity, of teaching in Italian in an area of historical settlement of the Italian-speaking community. This is part of the foundation on which you, girls and boys, can not only build your professional and life paths and your new personal experiences, but also be a key element in the bond that unites the cultures of Slovenia and Italy.‘ ’This is an important moment. Not only for the pupils, because it involves their families and concerns the whole of society," Mattarella emphasises.