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CHATEAUBRIAND (François-René de). ITINÉRAIRE de Paris a Jérusalem. Paris. s.d. [c. 1872]. - CHATEAUBRIAND (François-René de) ITINÉRAIRE de Paris a Jérusalem . Nouvelle édition, revue avec soin sur les éditions originales. Paris: Garnier Frères, Libraires-Éditeurs, s.d. [c. 1872]. [4], 566 pp.; 185 mm. Published in February 1811, ”Itinéraire de Paris à Jérusalem” is an account of Chateaubriand's journey between July 1806 and June 1807, covering Italy, Greece, Turkey, Palestine, and Egypt in 105 days, before returning via Tunisia and Spain. The trip had a specific editorial purpose: to revisit the places he had described in ”Martyrs” and to publish a travelogue of the Holy Land. The text, divided into seven parts in the manner of a retrospective diary, articulates the memory of classical antiquity – with stops in Sparta, Athens, and Constantinople – with visits to the holy places of Christianity, culminating in a long stay in Jerusalem. Reprinted several times throughout the 19th century, ”Itinéraire” served as a manifesto in favor of Greek independence during the Restoration and became a reference for generations of travelers and Romantic writers who explored the East in its wake. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate