Invisible Cities
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Invisible Cities is a postmodern novel by the Italian writer Italo Calvino. It was published in Italy in 1972 by Einaudi.
First edition cover featuring The Castle in the Pyrenees
Marco Polo
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Marco Polo was an Italian merchant, explorer, and writer from the Republic of Venice who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in The Travels of Ma
Invisible Cities
…writer Italo Calvino. It was published in Italy in 1972 by Einaudi. The book is framed as a conversation between the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan, and Marco Polo. The majority of the book consists of brief prose poems describing 55 fictitious cities that are narrated by Polo, many of which can be read as commentary…
A commemorative plaque on the site of Casa Polo in Venice, part of the Teatro Malibran which was built upon Polo's house
Corte Seconda del Milion, Venice, next to Polo's house, is named after the nickname of Polo, Il Milione
A mosaic of Marco Polo displayed in the Palazzo Doria-Tursi, Genoa, Italy
A close-up of the Catalan Atlas depicting Marco Polo travelling to the East during the Pax Mongolica