At Go, the presentation of the volume La costituzione americana? È nata a Venezia (Supernova) by Giancarmine Vicinanza, with a foreword by Giuseppe De Filippi, will take place. A reconstruction of the relationships between the Florentine Filippo Mazzei — who was in love with Venetian civilization and fascinated by the centuries-long endurance of its political model — and the key figures of the American Revolution such as Franklin, Washington, and Madison.

For the occasion, the author will engage in conversation with Giovanni Carta.

The book:

The American Constitution was not born from a solitary dream of freedom. It was born from a thousand years of a Republic that managed to endure. It was born from the waters of a Lagoon where men and women understood that true power is not the power to command, but to govern by sharing the “burden” of freedom. And it was born, finally, from an Italian who one day sat beside George Washington and whispered to him the secret that Venice had safeguarded for a thousand years: how to make freedom last over time. Forged through compromise, yet faithful to a rare and immensely powerful principle: the common good.

What this book shows, through its various chapters, is that great political transformations do not occur only through revolutions, but also through whispers, conversations, letters—the slow sedimentation of an idea in the minds of those who have the power to turn it into institutions. Venice did not carry out the American Revolution. It was in decline, worn down by Ottoman wars, economic difficulties, and European pressures. But Venice did something deeper: it provided the mental, cultural, and ideal model. The model of the Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia is a miracle, an architecture built with persistence, clarity, and vision. Living proof that another path was possible.

The author:

Giancarmine Vicinanza, born in Salerno in 1975. Classical high school diploma, degree in Political Science. A Master’s in European communication and public relations. Passionate about modern and contemporary history. Journalist and former parliamentary correspondent, father of two daughters, he lives in Rome, where he has worked in the communications sector since 1999. Since 2005, he has been Head of the Press Office of Confcooperative, the main association representing cooperatives in Italy in terms of number of member companies, employees, and turnover.