From Venice to Hormuz and

Vice Versa

The Mediterranean Otherness of Venice

by
Marco Frascari
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 • In 1271, Marco Polo--then
17 years old--and his father
and uncle sailed from
Venice to Acre (now Akko),
a port in Palestine. From
there, they rode camels to
the Persian port of Hormuz,
which is now in Iran. The
Polos wanted to sail to
China from Hormuz, but
the ships available there
did not seem seaworthy.
The travelers continued by
camel across the deserts
and mountains of Asia.

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 When Khan asks why Polo never mentions
Venice, Polo says, "Every time I describe a city
I am saying something about Venice. . . .
To distinguish the other cities' qualities, I must
speak of a first city that remains implicit.
For me it is Venice.“
Italo Calvino Invisible Cities [p. 86]

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 Gentile Bellini

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 Gentile Bellini

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 Gentile Bellini

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 Phrygian Cap and Corno Dogale

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 Palazzo Ducale
Doge’s Palace

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 Crusader
Architect

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 CA’ DARIO
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 Palazzo ZEN

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 ‫ﻥنﺩدﻕق‬

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 FONDACO DEI TURCHI

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 Calle and Barbacani
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 Campo dei Mori

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 Altane

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 Windows San Mark

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 Windows San Mark

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 Sgarbo and Garbo

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 CIAO
The word derives from the Venetian phrase sciào vostro (in Italian schiavo vostro) or s-ciào su literally meaning
"I am your slave".

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