To revisit in a comprehensive form the historical contexts and identities of the Mediterranean region is an impossible task which, per se, could launch a long-term join reflection and editorial project. In this Special Issue we have been able to select a series of very diversified and interesting papers to call attention for the large spectrum of so much material available about one of the richest cultural areas in the world. The publication emphasizes two major directions, the historical construct and the geographical identities, and provides a set of eight case studies in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Israel and Turkey.

Guest-Editors: Teresa de Noronha and Emiliana Mangone

 Guest-Editors: Gabriela Gonçalves and António Oliveira e Sousa

Guest-Editors: Cláudia Ribeiro de Almeida and Jorge Abrantes

Guest-Editors: Saul Neves de Jesus, Thomas Panagopoulos, João Albino Silva, Teresa de Noronha

Guest-Editor: José Santos

Guest-Editor: Eric Vaz

Guest-Editor: Teresa de Noronha

Guest-Editor: Eric Vaz

Guest-Editors: Cláudia Henriques and Francisco Serra

Guest-Editor: Saul Neves de Jesus

Guest-Editors: Cláudia Ribeiro de Almeida and Vânia Costa

Guest-Editor: Dora Agapito

Guest-Editor: Saul Neves de Jesus

Guest-Editor: Gabriela Gonçalves

Guest-Editor: Ana Paula Barreira

Guest-Editor: Sílvia Fernandes

Guest-Editor: José de São José

Guest-Editors: Patrícia Oom do Valle, Júlio Mendes and Manuela Guerreiro

Guest-Editor: Eric Vaz

Guest-Editor: Saul Neves de Jesus

Guest-Editor: Thomas Panagopoulos

Guest-Editors: Marielba Zacarias and Paula Martins