„Tra l’Italia e la Grecia. L’architettura, l’antico e la scoperta francese dell’Istria e della Dalmazia“, in Attraverso l'Italia. Edifici, città, paesaggi nei viaggi degli architetti francesi, 1750-1850-À travers l'Italie. Édifices, villes, paysages dans les voyages des architectes français. Ediz. illustrata, pp. 352-367.

Between the end of the 18th century and the first decades of the 19th century, the eastern coast of the Adriatic experienced dramatic regime changes; after centuries of Venetian rule, Istria and Dalmatia became part of the French Illyrian Provinces, later becoming a dominion of the Habsburgs. Against the background of these political events, the essay explores the contribution of French architects and artists to the European circulation of knowledge on ancient and medieval buildings in the region, in other words, to the formulation of an orientalizing and peripheral image, seen as an intermediate zone between Greece and Italy.