DEL VIAGGIARE DELL’ABATE GIUSEPPE TOALDO [On traveling by Abbot Giuseppe Toaldo]

The contribution presents the work On traveling. Academic lesson on the journey of Abbot Giuseppe Toaldo, which is part of the travel literature of the mid-eighteenth century. The text is dedicated to his veronese friend Alberto Albertini, with the intention of sharing with him some reflections on the journey and its usefulness. It offers ideas for discussion on the disturbing effects that traveling can cause, especially for a young person who is still inexperienced in the world and attracted by the new uses and customs of places never seen before. It is a text that testifies to the Abbot’s modern views and mentality, to his educational intentions and to the desire to contribute to the education of young people in a concrete and conscious way. It is part of that vast cultural debate in which travel takes on different aspects, seen not only as an instrument of knowledge, but also of personal, spiritual growth and opportunities for social change.