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Published and new data exist for relative sea-level change for 105 locations (127 samples) during the late Holocene, along the Italian (and Istrian) coasts. These data, compared with predictions (derived from two different models associated with the last glacial cycle) allowed the calculation of the tectonic vertical movements. They are based on precise measures of geomorphological and archaeological markers between 0.4 and 12.6kacal. BP, sampled at elevations between +7 and −51m. In order to decipher the broad pattern of Holocene tectonic vertical movements along the Italian coastline, these data were compared with predicted sea-level curves using the most recent models published for the Mediterranean sea. Tectonic rates varied from −4.85mm/a, in a core at Sybaris, to 5mm/a, in the volcanic areas of Pozzuoli and Pantelleria. New MIS 5.5 (125ka) data, mostly from the Venetian plain, are reported. In …