Venice - Marco Polo`s experience (sitios de interés)
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In 1271, when Marco Polo was 17, Pope Gregory the X sent letters and gifts to the Polos asking that they be delivered to the Great Khan. Nicolo and Maffeo Polo, Marco’s father and uncle, had recently returned from a trading journey on which they met Kublai Khan. He requested that the Pope send missionaries to teach Christianity to his people. Marco accompanied his father and uncle when they set out for Mongolia.