8 January 1324. Marco Polo, maybe the most legendary and representative historical figure in Venice, passes away aged 69 in his Venetian house, today Corte Milion and Malibran Theater.
I guess many of you remember landing in Venice🛬 at Marco Polo Airport 😉... The main symbol of Travel 🌏
#MarcoPolo was member of a Venetian merchant family, which between 1271 and 1295 decided to travel and explore the Silk Road to reach Cathay (China).
After a long and epic journey through Asia, they were received by the court of Emperor Kublai Khan, who was impressed by Marco's intelligence and humility. Marco was appointed to serve as Khan's foreign emissary, and he was sent on many diplomatic missions throughout the empire: for this reason Marco had the opportunity to travel extensively inside China and in present-day Burma, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Vietnam, living in the emperor's lands for 17 years 😳 and seeing things that had previously been unknown to Europeans!!! More in the Chat Room👇
#8January #VeniceHistory
I guess many of you remember landing in Venice🛬 at Marco Polo Airport 😉... The main symbol of Travel 🌏
#MarcoPolo was member of a Venetian merchant family, which between 1271 and 1295 decided to travel and explore the Silk Road to reach Cathay (China).
After a long and epic journey through Asia, they were received by the court of Emperor Kublai Khan, who was impressed by Marco's intelligence and humility. Marco was appointed to serve as Khan's foreign emissary, and he was sent on many diplomatic missions throughout the empire: for this reason Marco had the opportunity to travel extensively inside China and in present-day Burma, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Vietnam, living in the emperor's lands for 17 years 😳 and seeing things that had previously been unknown to Europeans!!! More in the Chat Room👇
#8January #VeniceHistory
🎼8 January 1947. Today David Bowie would be 75 ❤️
"There’s a starman waiting in the sky
He’d like to come and meet us
But he thinks he’d blow our minds"
#8January #DavidBowie
https://youtu.be/sI66hcu9fIs
"There’s a starman waiting in the sky
He’d like to come and meet us
But he thinks he’d blow our minds"
#8January #DavidBowie
https://youtu.be/sI66hcu9fIs
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Forwarded from Venice Local Guide
📜 #8January 1324.
700 years ago #MarcoPolo passed away here in Venice.
The city will celebrate him all year long.
👉 A brief story of Marco Polo here
700 years ago #MarcoPolo passed away here in Venice.
The city will celebrate him all year long.
👉 A brief story of Marco Polo here
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