The seminar aims to highlight two perspectives and ways of being a Mediterranean state through the prism of medieval and modern history. Venice and Naples are two great capitals of the ancient sea and are above all two
unique places, cities that were able to express their own specific civilisations.
They are states located in the heart of the Mediterranean, both on the border with different worlds. The Kingdom of Naples and the Republic of Venice are also, in their own way, declinations of the history of Italy, the
history of the Mediterranean and indeed of Europe. The seminar is also a proposal to examine the inverse, Mediterranean perspectives of these civilisations.
The approach is thus comparative, intertwined with wide-ranging visions and interpretations of history and culture.

On the occasion of the seminar, the latest issues of Studi Veneziani, published by the Institute for the History of the Venetian State and Society, will be presented.