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In giro per l'Italia - Roma La bocca della verità View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Fulvio describes the monument we look at in this segment before telling what it is. The story has some pretty surprising aspects.

In giro per l'Italia - Roma Il Campidoglio View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Take your time with this episode about Rome because it is chock full of information. Il Campidoglio, also called Monte Capitolino, is the smallest of the seven hills of Rome, but it's the most important because that's where the mayor's office is, as well. Where did the word "capitol" come from? Fulvio has the answer. He also talks about where the word "money" comes from. And you will recognize the name of the architect who designed the piazza and its surrounding buildings.

In giro per l'Italia - Roma La Porta Magica View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Fulvio shows tells us the story of a door, a very famous door, called the Alchemist's Door, also called the Magic Door, or the Door to Heaven, a monument built by Massimiliano Savelli Palombara, Marquis of Pietraforte on the grounds of his villa in Rome.

In giro per l'Italia - Castellammare di Stabia, lungomare View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The last stop on the trip to Castellammare di Stabia is the seafront, called il lungomare in Italian. There's a great panorama, a lovely sea breeze, and it's a great place to just walk around. Marika mentions the famous natural spring water of Castellammare, both for thermal baths and for drinking.

In giro per l'Italia - Castellammare di Stabia, Villa Arianna View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The name of the villa was inspired by the story of Dionysus who watched Ariadne while she slept. It was excavated first by the Bourbons but was buried again. Later in the 50s, digs were resumed and now, it can be visited in all its glory.

In giro per l'Italia - Castellammare di Stabia, Villa San Marco View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

The Villa San Marco is an amazingly well-preserved luxury villa from the Augustan period, with a wonderful panoramic view of Vesuvius and the gulf of Naples. Marika shows us around the four nuclei of the villa.

In giro per l'Italia - Stabiae, storia degli scavi - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

After Stabiae was razed to the ground in a war, the Romans decided to build some luxury villas in the area. Luckily, some archeological digs led by archeologist Libro D'Orsi were effectuated in the 1950s, and 3 villas came to light.

In giro per l'Italia - Stabiae, storia degli scavi - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

In 1749, King Charles of Bourbon (Charles III of Spain) or Carlo Terzo di Borbone, who was King of Naples at the time, commissioned an important campaign of archeological digs in an area near that city. Marika tells us the story.

In giro per l'Italia - Roma Il Pantheon View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Fulvio shows us one of the most enigmatic monuments of all Rome, the Pantheon. He gives us some history, some interesting facts, and a legend, as well.

In giro per l'Italia - Roma Piazza Navona View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Writer and scholar Fulvio Benelli shows us a part of Rome that tourists always flock to: Piazza Navona. But he tells us the fascinating story of how it came to be.

Space to ground - EP4 Le origini del sistema solare - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

In August of 2014, the European Space Agency Rosetta probe reached the comet 67/P. This mission allowed for the collection of a great deal of data about comets. In fact, in this episode, a comet will be fashioned out of fairly common ingredients in a normal kitchen. That's pretty exciting.

Space to ground - EP4 Le origini del sistema solare - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

This segment talks about the difference between an asteroid and a comet. Important work is being done with the Hera and Dart missions to study how to deviate an asteroid, thus avoiding possible great damage to our beloved planet

Space to ground - EP4 Le origini del sistema solare - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

This segment is all about so-called "Near-Earth Objects," called "NEOs" for short. They are comets, asteroids, metors and man-made objects, as well. What have they done in the past, and what might they do in the future?

Space to ground - EP3 5 4 3 2 1 lift off. Lanciatori - Part 4 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Astronaut Luca Parmitano talks to us from the Columbus European Space Laboratory. He explains why tadpoles can help us learn a lot about the weightless conditions of outer space.

Space to ground - EP3 5 4 3 2 1 lift off. Lanciatori - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

A simple experiment with a bicycle pump shows us how rocket launchers work. Even though rockets were invented for war and for fireworks, they are also used for peaceful purposes.

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