3 hours agoA report by Jean Carlier de Pino about the city of Vlora in 1579
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Jean Carlier de Pinon was a French noble who lived in Paris and Cambray. He's the author of the “Mon veyage en Levant, faict lʹan 1579” (My trip to the Orient in 1579). In this work, he recounts his journey to the Holy Land with his German companion, Hans Jacob Breuning by [...]
... On May 14, in order to find out what had happened to the frigate after we set up anchors, we entered the port of Vlora. At the entrance of this port from the northwest, there is an island - shaped mountain or rock called Saseno (Sazan). After lowering the sails, we shot several times with the cannons, which is common when entering the gate. At that moment, Emine, or customs chief, came out accompanied by some Muslims and other Jews, with whom talks were held on a flat carpet for them according to their customs...
... On the 15th, we landed on the ground in Vlora, although there was still little danger for us, considering our clothes that were of a Venetian style. We could have been taken as men of the king of Spain, because the truce between the king of Spain and the Sultan had not yet entered into force, so that they could capture and take us as slaves, or sentence us to death as suspects for spies. All Westerners face such dangers on land and far away. But there is no danger in big cities where there are ambassadors and councils of the republics and Christian kingdoms. On that day, we witnessed justice...
