[ Giornale delle osservazioni fatte ne’ viaggi in Egitto, nella Siria, nella Nubia / Giovanni Battista Brocchi ] Giornale 3. Viaggio in Siria anno 1823-1824 / Giovanni Battista Brocchi
Travel of Giovanni Battista Brocchi

45. An old man's account of the city of Cairo

Cairo - Egypt
Title
An old man's account of the city of Cairo
Short description
Giovanni Battista Brocchi reports an old man's account of the city of Cairo saying that he heard voices of women, children and the bleating of sheep.
Text on source
Le voci delle donne e de' fanciulli, il belato delle pecore si facevano sentire intorno dopo parecchi giorni dacchè niuna voce, tranne quella dei nostri compagni, o delle carovane che passavano, scosse le nostre orecchie.
English translation
Folios/Pages
p. 13
Date
1823 08 28
Observations on the events description
The dots on the map indicate the places where sound and music events were described. They don't represent travel stages.
Participants
No other participants in this event description.
Narrator
1
Place
1
Sounds
1
How to quote
Murarotto E., "An old man's account of the city of Cairo" (Event description), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2023 02 28.

doi: 10.25430/echos.travels.25

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