The series Bibliothek des Deutschen Historischen Instituts in Rom (Library of the German Historical Institute in Rome) was established in 1905. It produces academic monographs and volumes of collected essays on Italian and German-Italian History from the Early Middle Ages until the recent past.

The bilateral cultural centre of Villa Vigoni on Lake Como is dedicated to deepening and exploring German-Italian relations in literature, research, culture and politics, and to this end also organises numerous specialist conferences.The series of publications from Villa Vigoni allows all those interested in the bilateral relations between Germany and Italy to share in the outstanding results of these conferences. The objective is to provide research-based documentation which will help in the processing of the German-Italian cultural tradition and further the cause of bilateral understanding.

The bilateral cultural centre of Villa Vigoni on Lake Como is dedicated to deepening and exploring German-Italian relations in literature, research, culture and politics, and to this end also organises numerous specialist conferences.The series of publications from Villa Vigoni allows all those interested in the bilateral relations between Germany and Italy to share in the outstanding results of these conferences. The objective is to provide research-based documentation which will help in the processing of the German-Italian cultural tradition and further the cause of bilateral understanding.