At the end of the 15th century, Venetian painter Gentile Bellini traveled to Constantinople, invited by a mysterious emissary of Sultan Mehmed II, who had conquered the capital of the Byzantine Empire a few years earlier, to promote peace in the Mediterranean between Christians and Muslims. This curious story is the focus of the meeting organized in collaboration with the Alliance Française de Venise, and conducted in French by writer Olivier Weber. Reservations can be made at this link.
