Post by account_disabled on Feb 28, 2024 3:48:10 GMT
Venice, Italy (AP) – Venice celebrates the seventieth anniversary of Marco Polo's death with a series of events that began with the beginning of the Carnival in honor of one of the most notable sons of the city of canals.
To inaugurate the famous Carnival, around Asia Mobile Number List six hundred rowers dressed in period clothing last weekend, raised their oars in salute and exclaimed "We are all Marco Polo" as they sailed along the Grand Canal from St. Mark's Square to the Rialto bridge.
Among the activities planned for this year, an important exhibition will be held at the Doge's Palace to remember the adventurer's travels, which took him to Asia in the 13th century. He documented his discoveries in his renowned memoirs, which provided Europe with one of the most outstanding accounts of the Asian continent, its culture, geography and population.
The figure of Marco Polo, as an explorer who managed to establish a dialogue with people from other cultures, is particularly relevant today, said the mayor of Venice, Luigi Brugnaro. This is especially true in a city like his, which since its time as a maritime republic and major trading center has prided itself on acting as a bridge between East and West, he added.
Over the past weekend, a visitor dressed as Marco Polo and a masked Carnival figure carried with them a copy of his memoirs titled "The Travels of Marco Polo.Marco Polo was born in Venice to a merchant family in 1254 and died in the city in 1324, after spending twenty-five years exploring the Silk Road and serving the Mongol court.
In Venice, a marble plaque on the side of one of its palaces states "These were the residences of Marco Polo, who traveled to the remotest regions of Asia and described them.
To inaugurate the famous Carnival, around Asia Mobile Number List six hundred rowers dressed in period clothing last weekend, raised their oars in salute and exclaimed "We are all Marco Polo" as they sailed along the Grand Canal from St. Mark's Square to the Rialto bridge.
Among the activities planned for this year, an important exhibition will be held at the Doge's Palace to remember the adventurer's travels, which took him to Asia in the 13th century. He documented his discoveries in his renowned memoirs, which provided Europe with one of the most outstanding accounts of the Asian continent, its culture, geography and population.
The figure of Marco Polo, as an explorer who managed to establish a dialogue with people from other cultures, is particularly relevant today, said the mayor of Venice, Luigi Brugnaro. This is especially true in a city like his, which since its time as a maritime republic and major trading center has prided itself on acting as a bridge between East and West, he added.
Over the past weekend, a visitor dressed as Marco Polo and a masked Carnival figure carried with them a copy of his memoirs titled "The Travels of Marco Polo.Marco Polo was born in Venice to a merchant family in 1254 and died in the city in 1324, after spending twenty-five years exploring the Silk Road and serving the Mongol court.
In Venice, a marble plaque on the side of one of its palaces states "These were the residences of Marco Polo, who traveled to the remotest regions of Asia and described them.