Talk:Birthplace of Marco Polo

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[edit] The Dalmatian origin is not disputed

Several evidences of the Dalmatian origins of Polo's family has been introduced . This origin is not disputed, so I suppose that is not necessary to keep them.--Giovanni Giove (talk) 11:43, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

I've moved here the paragraph, I've introduced a comment about the Dalmatian origin of Polo, I hope is enough. --Giovanni Giove (talk) 11:45, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dalmatian origin

  • Chronicon Iustiniani (1358) noted a Polo family among other inhabitants in Venice with quotation that it was unknown from where they had come from, but also they were "Di Dalmazia" in the same chronicle. [1].[2]
  • Poli di Dalmazia probably removed from Croatia to other regions of Mediterranean, like many others of their compatriots, just like it was done also by others, people from Genoa, Catalonia, Pisa, Venice etc. Many of them were traveling by trade and bussines from the Black Sea, across the Aegean and Ionian Seas to the Mediterranean or the Adriatic Sea where the most known harbor was Venice. Their trading journeys were stopped in 1261 by the fault of the Latin Empire, so immediately after that all these people removed to mentioned regions including Venice. Like immigrants quoted in Chronicon Iustiniani: Abruliadi from Zadar, Calosi (Caterini) from Kotor, "Corzani di Dalmatia"; Danei "de Chroacia"; Pinctores "de Panonia", Polani and Tribuni "da Pola"; Saponarii from Solin; Sacredi "da Sibenico"; Sirani (came across Siria); concerning Danei these documents noted that after leaving Croatia they were in "civitate Heracliana" - which means that after leaving Croatia, they were staying at the Black Sea, then by time removed to Venice.
  • Venetian document from 1446: "Pollo: Questi antigunmente uene de Dalmatia, et per lo suo bon portamento et lialtade per la guerra de zenoa 1381. Io fo fatto del gran conseio. Et mancha questa caxada nel tempo del ser marcho polo..."[3] (Translation: Pollo (family) came from Dalmatia in the ancients. Because of good behavior and devotion during the war against Genoa, they were accepted into the Great Council in 1381. And there had been no this family (in Venice) in the age of Mr. Marco Polo). The same was found in the Venetian documents from 1450/1460 and 1600. The Polo family coat of arms was was precisely described in a document from 1450/60. [4]
  • Venetian annalist Marino Sanudo noted in 1522 that Polo were "Polo di Dalmatia; fatti 1381; manco sier Marcho siande castellan a Verona - 1418". Polo family from 1381 had the same Coat of Arms as Marco Polo's one. According to A.C. Moule, all numerous genealogies that he had inspected were talking only about "Poli di Dalmazia". [5] [6]

It's not only about the origin. It seems you haven't read it. Also your explanation is ridiciolous, theory is based on statements and is built by statements. Don't interfere into the theory again, just because it says something that you personally don't like. If you have problem with it then it's your own problem, not the encyclopedia's one. It's not on you to decide what is the theory based on and what is not.Zenanarh 14:21, 30 November 2007 (UTC)