Lampedusa

WEDNESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2026, 4:00 PM PRESENTATION OF THE VOLUME LAMPEDUSA A Mediterranean story, by Dionigi Albera Carocci publisher, 2025 Discussing it with the author GUIDO CHELAZZI (President of the “La Colombaria” Academy) STEFANO BRUNI (President of the Class of Historical and Philosophical Sciences of the “La Colombaria” Academy) Lampedusa: today a symbol of migrations and a frontier between Europe and Africa, but also an island with an extraordinary and little-known history. The volume traces its past from the Middle Ages to the present, among sailors, crusaders, corsairs, fugitive slaves and travelers, revealing a place that for centuries was an emblem of welcome, tolerance and meeting between cultures and religions, but also an object of geopolitical interests.