The Heads of State are installed in office every six months during the course of a very suggestive ceremony that has been staged for centuries according to a strict protocol: - 9.45 am - Piazza della Libertà. Assembly of the Military Corps and Flag-Raising Ceremony. - 10.40 am – Procession of the elected Captains Regent (from the Government Building to the Basilica del Santo) where the religious rite is celebrated. - 11.30 am – Return of the Procession to the Government Building, where the official address is made and the elected Captains Regent are sworn in and installed in office. - 12.30 pm – Procession of Their Excellencies the Captains Regent and followers (from the Government Building to Palazzo Valloni) - 12.45 pm - Piazza della Libertà. Assembly of the Military Corps and Flag-Lowering Ceremony.