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The Crown inaugurates the Great Imperial Library of Romula

Funded by the Crown and the result of decades of work, the new library aims to become the largest in the world and to make its entire collection accessible online

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August 5686

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ROMULA - With a solemn ceremony attended by His Majesty Emperor Tommaso V and the highest representatives of the country's cultural and academic institutions, the Great Imperial Library of Romula was inaugurated today, a complex aimed to become a marvel of the cultural history of Istalia and the world.

Funded and managed by the Crown, the library is the Monarchy's latest contribution to the ambitious national vision of making Istalia a universal beacon of knowledge. Already at the end of the reign of Mattia I, a specially established foundation had begun the colossal task of collecting books, manuscripts, and documents, both in Istalia and from every corner of the globe, many of which are ancient or exceptionally rare, originating from the nations progressively reached by the Istalian diplomatic and commercial network.

The Grand Imperial Library is organized into thematic sections covering every field of human knowledge: from astronomy to poetry, from mathematics to botany, from quantum physics to ethnography. The ambitious goal is to create the largest and most comprehensive collection of knowledge ever assembled. Thanks to an agreement between the Crown and the high-tech company VerTech, AI-based software specifically created for the Institution will ensure a cutting-edge archiving system and, above all, manage access to archives and texts. 

And the support of such a kind of cutting-edge system will be crucial for one of the Library's very first projects, another extremely ambitious goals: the Library will immediately begin to fully digitize its book collection, in order to made all texts progressively available online, ensuring universal and free access to knowledge, in keeping with an enlightened and modern ideal of knowledge sharing.

Over the years, the project has been overseen and coordinated by the Imperial Foundation of the Great Library, the new name for the institution, as mentioned, established under Mattia I. The Foundation has involved leading academic institutions and research centers, including a key role played by the Enrico Bergson University of Romula and, in particular, its Department of Linguistic Research of the Faculty of Antopology, Linguistics, and Ethnohistoriography.

Founded less than thirty years ago, this faculty is now recognized as one of the most dynamic and prestigious centers of anthropological, linguistic and ethnographic research on the continent. Through the Foundation, the Crown has continuously supported the missions and studies of its researchers, enabling in-depth and detailed study of the relationships between languages and the major language families, with special attention to the languages of the Majatrana area.

Precisely in the context of linguistic and anthropological research in the Majatrana area, in his inauguration speech, the Emperor announced the Crown's intention to promote an academic partnership with the Deltarian Crown. This partnership will allow Istalian researchers to delve directly into the linguistic universe of Deltaria, known for its rich variety of idioms.

Special interest will be given to the Doron, which historically links Deltaria and Istalia through ancient migrations of Doron clans, who arrived in the Sarrentina Peninsula as mercenaries and later became Lords and Kings of various Istalian kingdoms, shaping the country's cultural and linguistic evolution.

With the creation of the Great Imperial Library of Romula, the Crown of Istalia confirms its leading role in promoting culture and scientific research, and in the national effort to make Istalia a global hub for knowledge.