this nickname was used to distinguish Niccolò's and Marco's branch from other Polo families. His father, Niccolò Polo, a merchant, traded with the Near East...

Urbi et Orbi developed in the 13th century during the reign of Pope Gregory X, who consulted Niccolò and Maffeo Polo before his election. The Urbi et Orbi...

merchant Marco Polo, preceded by his father and uncle Niccolò and Maffeo Polo, traveled to China during the Yuan dynasty. Marco Polo wrote a famous account...

television series Marco Polo, released on 12 December 2014 and produced by Netflix, he plays Maffeo Polo, brother of Niccolò and Marco's uncle. In 2016...

received a letter from the Mongol Great Khan Kublai, remitted by Niccolò and Maffeo Polo following their travels to his court in Mongolia. Kublai was asking...

founds a public library at San Marco, Florence, based on the collection of Niccolò de' Niccoli. 1448 – Pope Nicholas V founds the Vatican Library in Rome...

of the masterpieces by Dante Alighieri, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Niccolò Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini. The city attracts millions of tourists...

vision of the ideal gentleman and lady in The Book of the Courtier, while Niccolò Machiavelli cast a jaundiced eye on la verità effettuale della cosa ('the...

religion and welcomed foreign divinities into its pantheon. Niccolò, Matteo, and Marco Polo made two voyages in 1260 and 1271, and in 1294 the missionary...

extensively on the account of the traveller to Asia Niccolo da Conti, rather than the usual source of Marco Polo. The author is unknown, but is a more modern...