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Domenico Sestini and His “Journey from Constantinople to Bucharest in 1779”

Доменико Сестини и неговото „Пътуване от Константинопол до Букурещ от 1779 година“


Известия на Института за исторически изследвания, том 39, 2025, с. 127–169.
Proceedings of Institute for Historical Studies, Vol. 39, 2025, p. 127-169.
ISSN: 2367-5187 (print), 2815-2913 (online)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.71069/III39.25.PD05

Penka Danova / Пенка Данова

Institute for Historical Studies - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3371-757Х


Summary: The article contains two parts. In the first, the Italian scholar and traveller Domenico Sestini (1750–1832) is introduced. Special emphasis is placed on his three journeys to the Rumelian lands, his contribution to the knowledge of the local flora, manners and customs of the population and especially its livelihood. Attention is given to the languages Sestini knew and to the ways in which they helped him in his tours of towns, villages and their surroundings. The second contains the complete translation from Italian into Bulgarian of the travelogue Viaggio da Costantinopoli a Bukoresti fatto l’anno 1779, including a commentary.

Keywords: Domenico Sestini, travelogues on the Balkans, 18th century


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