I found this wonderful article (from New York Times) full of interesting insights into the historic relations between the Italian city of Venice and Armenia. EXHIBITION REVIEW The Key to Armenia’s Survival By RODERICK CONWAY MORRIS Published: February 23, 2012 VENICE — Armenian civilization is one of the most ancient of those surviving in the Middle East, but...
William Dean Howells (1837) about Armenians
This is a chapter about the Armenians of Venice from William Dean Howells’s documentary book “Venetian Life”. The author is known for his great work on realistic descriptions of places, events and people. In this chapter called “The Armenians” he describes the life and people of Armenian clergy of Venice, San Lazzaro. The same...
