Italians furious as Croatia lays claim to Marco Polo

telegraph.co.uk
ITALY
Italians have reacted with fury to an attempt by Croatia to claim the legendary explorer Marco Polo was one of their own.

By Nick Squires, Rome and Malcolm Moore in Shanghai 4:44PM BST 24 Apr 2011
The outcry came after a museum dedicated to the Venetian explorer in the Chinese city of Yangzhou was opened not by Italian dignitaries but by a former president of Croatia, Stjepan Mesic. ...more...
read more: telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/8471174/Italians-furious-as-Croatia-lays-claim-to-Marco-Polo.html