1. Terminological history
The history of walking in Europe rests on the triple foundation of exercise, space, and the body. Walking accompanying contemplation can be traced back to the Greek Peripatetics, who walked up and down (Greek peripatéō) while teaching in a covered walkway. The link between bodily and mental exercise thus constitutes one tradition in which the promenade expressed itself as a “poetic code” [16. 13]. Distinct fro…