Venezia descritta dal commerciante aleppino greco-ortodosso Ra'd nel 1656, secondo il Ms. Sbath 89

This article aims at describing the Weltanschauung of the Greek– orthodox Ra‘d as described in his travelogue to Venice, engaged in 1656, whose language was studied in Kallas, Travel accounts of Ra‘d. This traveller found himself home in a Catholic Christian world, like the Venitian, more than under the Sunnite Ottoman rule. His travelogue contains interesting descriptions of San Marco's basilica, the "tower" (torre) and its square (piazza), and memories of the Venetian way of life and traditions.