When he was only 17 years, he was lucky enough to embark on an extraordinary, long and adventurous journey, to meet new people and ethnic groups, thanks to his father Niccolò and his uncle Matteo, who started it in the silk trade. And just try to imagine what the pupils of the young Marco Polo felt when, back in 1271, he sailed from the Venetian port to the then distant and exotic Asian continent. We travel for the love of it, because we are curious we travel to have new eyes. Any place we visit, any square we tread, any work of art captures our gaze, everything leaves an indelible mark on our soul. A journey is therefore not just a shift from a point A to a point B, it is not just about the laws of physics, it is a moment of "elevation of the spirit", to quote Hegel. The journey has always been for man an inexhaustible source of wonder, knowledge and experience it represents the desire for adventure, escape, and it touches our emotional sphere. The journey of Marco Polo: a story that will make you say a million times "I want to do it too!"
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