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An incredible season for algebraic geometry flourished in¬†Italy between 1860, when Luigi Cremona was assigned the chair¬†of Geometria Superiore in Bologna, and 1959, when Francesco¬†Severi published the last volume of the treatise on algebraic¬†systems over a surface and an algebraic variety. This¬†century-long season has had a prominent influence on the¬†evolution of complex algebraic geometry – both at the national and international levels – and still inspires modern research¬†in the area. “Algebraic geometry in Italy between tradition¬†and future” is a collection of contributions aiming at¬†presenting some of these powerful ideas and their connection¬†to contemporary and, if possible, future developments, such as Cremonian transformations, birational classification of¬†high-dimensional varieties starting from Gino Fano, the life and¬†works of Guido Castelnuovo, Francesco Severi’s mathematical¬†library, etc. The presentation is enriched by the viewpoint¬†of various researchers of the history of mathematics, who describe the cultural milieu and tell about the bios of some of¬†the most famous mathematicians of those times.