The Italian parliament bid farewell to former president Giorgio Napolitano at his state funeral on Tuesday 26 September.
Mr Napolitano was the first exponent of the Italian Communist Party to hold the highest state office between 2006 and 2015. He died on Friday 22 September, 2023, at the age of 98.
Italy’s senior leaders also paid their respects on Sunday, as the coffin of the former president was placed in the Palazzo Madama for the lying-in-state period.
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