During the Middle Ages, travel to Italy, the so-called “Itinera
Italica“, was undertaken primarily for religious reasons
(pilgrimages) or for professional purposes (business or commercial
travel). But after the Reformation, travel for the sake of
education became more common, in Basel as well; its main purpose
was an interest in Italy itself and its sights. With this, there
came to be travelogues like this one from 1621 by the jurist and
rector of the University of Basel, Remigius Faesch (1595-1667).
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