Ascension Du Mont Ventoux

Ascension du mont Ventoux

by Francesco Petrarca

Au printemps 1336, François Pétrarque entreprend avec son frère l'ascension du mont Ventoux, qui, de ses 1912 mètres, domine le Comtat Venaissin et la Provence.C'est cette ascension et son pendant mystique que François Pétrarque relate, le jour même, dans une lettre datée du 26 avril, à son ami et confesseur Dionigi di Borgo San Sepolcro, lettre qui fut ensuite publiée sous le titre L'ascension du mont Ventoux. Le texte original est en latin. Il a été traduit en français en 1880 par Victor Develay.(de Aldor)

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Francesco Petrarca was an Italian poet, scholar, and humanist who is considered to be one of the founding fathers of the Renaissance. He was born in Arezzo, Italy, in 1304, and died in Arqua Petrarca,...

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