A Forgotten Voice: Giuseppe Cappelletti and <i>L’Armenia</i>

In 1841, Giuseppe Cappelletti (1802‑1876) published in Florence a three‑volume work titled L’Armenia , aiming to offer a comprehensive description of the country’s history, geography, and culture grounded in Armenian historical sources. Despite being the first major Italian‑language study of Armenia – and among the earliest of its kind in Western Europe – the work has been largely overlooked in subsequent scholarship. This article reassesses Cappelletti’s contribution, situating his oeuvre within its broader socio‑political and intellectual context, restoring a long‑forgotten voice into the history of Italophone Armenian studies.