Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The final segment of this tour of Umbria and Tuscany brings to the walls of Pisa and its famous schools of higher learning. As usual, Alberto Angela gives us some insight into how and why things happened as they did, as Pisa developed into one of the most beautiful and important cities in Italy.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The fresco depicting the Last Judgement is almost like a photograph of the Middle Ages. Alberto Angela shows us where the sinners ended up and what happened to them in Hell.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
We're still at the Camposanto in Pisa. Alberto Angela shows us a wonderful fresco of the Last Judgment, and tells us the story of the artist as well as what is depicted.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Alberto Angela takes us through what is actually a gallery of ancient art inside this cemetery, and focuses on the sarcophagi, each with its story to tell.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Alberto Angela recounts some interesting facts and legends surrounding the roof of the Bapistery and the Camposanto [cemetery].
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
We learn a great deal about the third structure at the Piazza dei Miracoli in Pisa: the Baptistery. We learn about wonders we can see and wonders we can't see.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
We go inside the Pisa Cathedral and see how marvelous it is, from the granite columns to the majestic pulpit designed by Giovanni Pisano, which, miraculously, survived the fire of 1595.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Why does the Leaning Tower of Pisa lean? Alberto answers this question and others about one of the most famous monuments in the world.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Alberto Angela gives us a look at one of the most famous monuments in the world. We look at the Leaning Tower of Pisa through the lens of those who wanted it built.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
We move from Umbria to Tuscany and visit the evocative ruins of the abbey of San Galgano. Next will be Pisa, a prime example of how Tuscany, in medieval times, was experimenting with very "modern" ideas.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika talks about how one can contract coronavirus, the symptoms, and the guidelines to avoid getting infected.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Everyone is talking about coronavirus. Marika addresses frequently asked questions about this recent, ongoing phenomenon.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Alberto Angela points out how realistic Giotto's frescoes are compared to earlier ones. He also mentions the important fact that Saint Francis composed one of the first poems in the vernacular
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
We move from the lower basilica to the upper one, which has an entirely different feel to it. Here, we are surrounded by a show of light and color in colorful frescoes and stained-glass windows.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
What did Saint Francis look like? There are clues in a fresco in the lower basilica of the church dedicated to him in Assisi.
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