Tourists stand in front of the Doge's Palace, where an exhibition on the Asian traveller Marco Polo (presumably 1254-1924) has opened. Venice is commemorating the 700th anniversary of the death of its most famous citizen with this major exhibition. Christoph Sator/dpa
Venice is commemorating its most famous citizen Marco Polo with a major exhibition to mark the 700th anniversary of his death. The show, which opened in early April, features excavated finds, maps and books and can be seen in the Doge's Palace until September 29. It also includes loans from many countries that the merchant from the Italian lagoon city travelled to, from Armenia to Mongolia and China. The exhibition "I Mondi di Marco Polo" ("The Worlds of Marco Polo") is one of the highlights of a year of Marco Polo events in Venice. The city, which now has fewer than 50,000 permanent residents...
