Marks, Images and History of the Euro-Mediterranean Coastal Centres

Alfredo Buccaro is professor of History of Architecture at the Department of Architecture of the University of Naples Federico II, director of the Interdepartmental Research Centre on the Iconography of the European City (CIRICE) and of University magazine Eikonocity. Among his books: Opere pubbliche e tipologie urbane nel Mezzogiorno preunitario (Electa, 1992), Antonio Rinaldi architetto vanvitelliano a San Pietroburgo (with G. Kju?arianc e P. Miltenov, Mondadori, 2003), Architettura e urbanistica dell?età borbonica. Le opere dello Stato, i luoghi dell?industria (with G. Matacena, Electa, 2004), Leonardo da Vinci. Il Codice Corazza nella Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli (Ediz. Scientifiche Italiane/CB Edizioni, 2011).

Ciro Robotti was born in Portici (NA) on 30.01.1930. He became full professor of Architecture Design at the Second University of Naples, Faculty of Architecture of Aversa, former professor of History of Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Chieti. He assumes the role of consultant for decorative works at the Procuratoria of St. Mark's Basilica in Venice and consultant for Italy for the new archaeological excavations in Carranque (Madrid); he is the founder and director of the Imagines series of studies on architecture, environments and cities in Southern Italy.Since 1977 he has been a member of AIEMA (International Association for the study of Ancient Mosaic - Paris); since 1978 he has been a member of ICOM (International Council of Meseum) - Italian National Committee; since 1985 he has been a member of the Gesellschaft Fur Treppenforschung (Scholologie) in Koustein (Germany); since 1988 he is consultant for Italy of UNION LATINA in Paris (international organization with linguistic, scientific and technical aims to protect the cultural identity of Latin countries); since 1997 he is founder and director of the series "IMAGINES", Studi su architetture, ambienti e città del Mezzogiorno d'Italia.