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Pietro Della Valle
Pietro Della Valle

Pietro della Valle (April 2, 1586– April 21, 1652) was an Italian traveler in Asia. Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest

Biography

Pietro della Valle was born in Rome from a wealthy noble family. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2

His early life was divided between the pursuits of literature and arms. He was a cultivated man, who knew Latin, Greek, Greek mythology, and the Bible. He also became a member of the Roman academy of the Umoristi, and acquired some reputation as a versifier and rhetorician. Mario Schipano, a professor of medicine in Naples suggested the idea of travelling in the East to Pietro as an alternative to suicide in response to disappointment in love. Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the It was this last who received the letters, a sort of diary, from Pietro's travels.

Before leaving Naples, he took a vow of pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The Holy Land ( Arabic: الأرض المقدسة al-Arḍ ul-Muqaddasah;Ancient Aramaic: ארעא קדישא Ar'a Qaddisha; Hebrew: ארץ_הקודש He left Venice by boat from on the 8th of June 1614 and reached Constantinople; he remained there for more than a year and acquired a good knowledge of Turkish and a little Arabic. Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoúpolis, or gr ἡ Πόλις hē Polis, Latin: la CONSTANTINOPOLIS On the 25th of September 1615 he went to Alexandria with a suite of nine persons, because he travelled always as a nobleman of distinction, and with every advantage due to his rank. Alexandria ( Egyptian Arabic: اسكندريه Eskendereyya; Standard Arabic: ar الإسكندرية Al-Iskandariyya; Ἀλεξάνδρεια From Alexandria he went on to Cairo, and, after an excursion to Mount Sinai, left Cairo for the Holy Land. Cairo () which means "the Vanquisher" or "the Triumphant" is the capital and largest city of Egypt. For other places named Mount Sinai see Mount Sinai (disambiguation Mount Sinai (Arabic طور سيناء, Hebrew הר סיני also He arrived there on the 8th of March 1616 in time to take part to the Easter celebrations at Jerusalem. Easter ( Greek: Πάσχα Pascha or Pasxa) is the most important religious feast in the Christian Liturgical year. Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the

After visiting the holy sites, Pietro travelled from Damascus to Aleppo. Damascus ( دمشق,, also commonly known as الشام ash-Shām) is the capital and largest city of Syria. For other meanings see Aleppo (disambiguation. Halab redirects here for other meanings see Halab (disambiguation. After seeing a portrait of the beautiful Syrian Christian princess Maani, he went to Baghdad. Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous Afterward, he visited Persia (The first documented ancestors of the Persian cats were imported from Persia into Italy in 1620 by Pietro della Valle); which was at that time in war with Turkey, so he had to leave Baghdad on the 4th of January 1617. The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia The Persian (Persia گربه ایرانی) is one of the oldest breeds of Cat. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Accompanied by his wife he proceeded by Hamadan to Isfahan, and joined Shah Abbas in a campaign in northern Persia, in the summer of 1618. Hamedān or Hamadān ( Persian: همدان, Old Persian: Hagmatana Hebrew: המזיין Ancient Greek: Ecbatana) Esfahān or Isfahan (historically also rendered as Ispahan or Hispahan, Old Persian: Aspadana, Middle Persian: Spahān Shāh ‘Abbās I or Shāh ‘Abbās the Great ( (born January 27, 1571; died January 19, 1629) was Shah of Iran and the most eminent The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia Here he was well received at court and treated as the shah's guest.

On his return to Isfahan he began to think of going back home through India rather than adventure himself again in Turkey, but the state of his health and the war between Persia and the Portuguese at Ormuz generated problems. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Kingdom of Ormus (also known as Ohrmuzd, Hormuz, and Ohrmazd; Portuguese Ormuz) was a 10th to 17th century kingdom located In October 1621 he left Isfahan, visited Persepolis and Shiraz and made his way to the coast. Esfahān or Isfahan (historically also rendered as Ispahan or Hispahan, Old Persian: Aspadana, Middle Persian: Spahān Persepolis ( Old Persian: Pārsa, Modern Persian: تخت جمشید/پارسه Takht-e Jamshid or Chehel Minar) was the ceremonial Shiraz ( شیراز Shīrāz) is the fifth most populated city in Iran and the capital of Fars Province. But it was not until January 1623 that he found a passage for Surat on the English ship Whale. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland

He sejourned in India until November 1624, his headquarters being Surat and Goa. Goa ( Konkani: गोंय /ɡɔ̃j/ is India 's smallest state in terms of area and the fourth smallest in terms of population. In India Pietro Della Valle was introduced to the King Vekatappa Nayaka of Keladi, South India by Vithal Shenoy, the chief administrator of those territories. Keladi ( Kannada:ಕೆಳದಿ is a temple town in Shimoga district of the state of Karnataka in India. South India is the area encompassing India 's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union Introduction Shenoy ( Devnagri: शणय) is a common Surname amongst the Goud Saraswat Brahmins Saraswat Brahmins originate from The accounts of his travels are one of the most important sources of history of the region.

He was at Muscat in January 1625, and at Basra in March. Muscat ( Arabic: مسقط) is the Capital and largest city of the Sultanate of Oman. Basra ( BGN: AlBasrah also called Basorah Abillah and Uruk or IRAQ The name that British colony has adopted for Basra In May he started by the desert route to Aleppo, and boarded on a French ship at Alexandretta. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. İskenderun, also Iskenderon (formerly in Greek Ἀλεξανδρέττα Alexandretta; in Arabic الإسكندرون al-ʼIskandarūn He reached Cyprus and finally Rome on the 28th of March 1626. Cyprus (Κύπρος transliterated: Kýpros,; Kıbrıs officially the Republic of Cyprus (Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία Kypriakī́ Dīmokratía Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 There, he was received with many honors, not only from the literary circles but also from the Pope Urban VIII, who appointed him a gentleman of his bedchamber. Pope The rest of his life was uneventful; he married as his second wife a Georgian orphan of a noble family, Mariuccia (Tinatin de Ziba), who had been adopted by his first wife as a child, travelled with him and was the mother of fourteen children. He died in Rome on the 21st of April 1652.

Works

Sources

See these works for further information:

A complete edition of della Valle's letters to Mario Schipano is by G. Gancia, Viaggi di Pietro della Valle, il Pellegrino, Brighton, 1843

Other letters from Persia have been edited by F. Gaeta and L. Lockhart, viaggi di Pietro della Valle: Lettere dalla Persia, vol. I, Rome, 1972.

John Gurney has two informative articles on della Valle: One is J. D. Gurney. “Pietro della Valle: The Limits of Perception” in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Vol. 49 (1986), no. 1, pp. 103-116; the other one is his entry in the Encyclopedia Iranica

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