At the beginning, the Giussani sisters decided to hide their identities as women. Even so, it was not easy finding distribution. And there were other mysteries, as well, surrounding the early days of the iconic comic book, Diabolik.

The creators of Diabolik had commuters in mind. They wanted to create something engaging that one could read in the time of a commute, and which was pocket-sized. We also discover why the name Diabolik ends with a K.

Apulia is famous for the characteristic trullo. But another typical building is the lamia, a rural building with a square base, sloping dry stone walls and a roof usually made with a lowered barrel vault or a dome. This characteristically simple construction consists of a single room, used as a temporary shelter for the farm's agricultural workers or storage. Today, many of these farms have been transformed into hotels.

Diabolik drives a Jaguar, but not an ordinary Jaguar. He is able to transform the car in order to facilitate escaping when the need arises. In a way, both Diabolik and his car wear masks and assume different identities.

Architect Enza Martellota explains the origins of the trullo and how it developed over time.

This series begins with Diabolik, the greatest criminal of Italian comics or fumetti as they are called because of the "clouds of smoke" (speech bubbles) present in comic strips. Fumo means "smoke." In this segment, various personalities describe the character Diabolik, both the good and the bad.

Designers come from all over the world to maintain an international style. Production is carried out almost exclusively in the plant located in Umbria but most of what is produced will go to markets abroad.

EMU specializes in furniture for the outdoors. But it got its start in post-war Italy by designing metal desks for schoolrooms.

When innovation and sustainability meet, creative projects emerge. International designers, carefully chosen materials, and strategies give life to quality products to show the whole world.

In 1949 Giulio Castelli had a great idea: to bring into Italian homes objects that were useful, but also beautifully designed. The Kartell brand came onto the market.

We visit two wineries, Rocca di Frassinello in the Maremma, near Grosseto in the southern part of Tuscany, and the famous Antinori winery in the heart of the Chianti Classico zone.

As the credits role in this final segment, we hear a song written and performed by Fabrizio De André (together with Massimo Bubola. Una storia sbagliata (a story all wrong) was commissioned for a 1980 TV show about Pasolini's death, called Dietro il processo (behind the trial). You can hear the entire song here, while here you'll find the complete lyrics in Italian.

In 2017,the region of Tuscany promoted an architectural project, collaborating to build a network of 14 wine cellars that unite a passion for design, respect for the natural environment, and the high quality of the wine they produce.

Alessandro Piperno comes from a mixed Jewish family and recounts how he learned, at an early age, to cherish the relationship between Jerusalem and Rome, where Christianity and Judaism blend. Thus we come to the end of this episode about the region of Lazio.

Pier Paolo Pasolini discusses the effects Fascism had on Italy. He talks about the city of Sabaudia, built by the fascist government on the reclaimed marshland of the ancient Pontine Marshes (Agro Pontino) and how later, what took hold was the culture of consumerism.