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Meraviglie - EP. 1 - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

La sala del Trono, immensa e magnifica in tutti i suoi aspetti, rappresenta il potere assoluto del sovrano. In fondo alla sala si trova il trono, piccolo ma molto elegante. La volta al soffitto è stata affrescata con l'opera "La cerimonia della posa della prima pietra della Reggia di Caserta", che riprende l'episodio legato all'apertura dei lavori avvenuto nel 1752.

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L'Italia che piace - Stile di vita - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We move on to Biella, northwest of Milan, where the quality of the water contributes to the excellent quality of the woolen fabrics produced by the historical Zegna company.

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Caption 4 [it]: Lui fondò il lanificio nel millenovecentodieci
Caption 4 [en]: He founded the woolen mill in nineteen ten

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L'Italia che piace - Territori - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

There are different reasons one chooses to walk a path. The important thing is to feel the need to undertake it. It's not like a stroll in the park, but rather a challenge to one's body, mind, and spirit.

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Caption 6 [it]: Prepararlo a fondo in tutti i suoi aspetti,
Caption 6 [en]: to plan it thoroughly in all its aspects,

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Guido Crepax - Cercando Valentina - Part 16

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We've come to the end of this journey to find Valentina. Philip Rembrandt continues to wait, and Valentina never forgets him.

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Caption 41 [it]: [Fondo regionale per il cinema e l'audiovisivo]
Caption 41 [en]: [Regional fund for cinema and audiovisual works]

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Guido Crepax - Cercando Valentina - Part 14

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Crepax's stories were based on imagination and vision. In those years, artists contaminated one another's works, and there was even a curious connection between Crepax's Ciao Valentina and Antonioni's Blow-Up.

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Caption 28 [it]: scopre che sul fondo ci sono i dettagli
Caption 28 [en]: discovers that in the background there are the details

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Guido Crepax - Cercando Valentina - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Filmmakers Tinto Brass and Giuseppe Tornatore comment on how some elements of expressivity are shared between comic strips and the cinema.

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Caption 5 [it]: ha fatto da sempre e che il cinema, in fondo,
Caption 5 [en]: have always done, and which cinema, essentially,

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Guido Crepax - Cercando Valentina - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

This documentary is about Guido Crepax, the creator of a famous fumetto (comic strip) that came out in 1965. The main characters are Philip Rembrandt, an art critic, and Valentina Rosselli, a photojournalist.

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Caption 3 [it]: [Opera realizzata con il sostegno della Regione Lazio - Fondo regionale per il cinema e l'audiovisivo]
Caption 3 [en]: [Work created with the support of the Lazio Region - Regional fund for cinema and audiovisuals]

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Illuminate - Margherita Hack - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Although as an athlete, Margherita did make some compromises she felt she had to during the decades of Italian Fascism, she also took a stand against it, risking expulsion from school.

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Caption 14 [it]: di giocare a soldati, in fondo.
Caption 14 [en]: to play at being soldiers, all in all.

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In giro per l'Italia - Roma Il Colosseo

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Fulvio tells us plenty of interesting things about the history of one of the symbols of Rome, the Colosseum. To begin with, it wasn't always called the "Colosseum."

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Caption 16 [it]: quanto il monumento che vedete in fondo a questa via
Caption 16 [en]: as much as the monument you see at the end of this road,

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Illuminate - Rita Levi Montalcini - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Rita Levi Montalcini doesn't feel like she made any sacrifices in her life, including not having a family. She had a clear vision of what she wanted out of life, and she followed it.

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Caption 51 [it]: E le cose programmate andavano fino in fondo tutte quante.
Caption 51 [en]: And every last one of the planned things went all the way to the end.

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Illuminate - Rita Levi Montalcini - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Rita Levi Montalcini felt that imagination was the "secret sauce" of her research. And this encouraged her to turn to young people, who have plenty of imagination. She didn't hesitate to teach kids of junior high school age, which came as a surprise to some people, since she was a winner of the Nobel prize.

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Caption 33 [it]: questa saltella, sa'... e a un certo punto arriva in fondo...
Caption 33 [en]: This skips, sk'... and at a certain point it reaches the endpoint...

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La pittura più bella del mondo - La Resurrezione di Piero della Francesca - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We take a look at the details of Piero's Resurrezione, details we might not notice by looking at the painting as a whole. Why is Christ not dressed in white? Is there something special about the countryside in the background? The answers are fascinating.

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Caption 14 [it]: che poi avrà Michelangelo, conoscerà fino in fondo.
Caption 14 [en]: that will then have Michelangelo, will fully comprehend.

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Meraviglie - S2 EP3 - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Our journey takes us to Modica, in Sicily, where the historic center of the city had to be rebuilt entirely because of an earthquake in 1693. There was also a great flood in the twentieth century, resulting in some other major changes in the layout of the city. It remains a beautiful Baroque city, full of wonders.

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Caption 46 [it]: che ha in fondo un po' l'aspetto di un razzo che sta per essere lanciato nel cielo.
Caption 46 [en]: which basically looks a bit like a rocket about to be launched into the sky.

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Meraviglie - S2 EP3 - Part 11

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

There are a good ninety rooms in Palazzo Nicolaci. As on the outside of the building, symbolism pervades every space, as if there were the fear of emptiness. And, in true Baroque style, it was all created to amaze the eye of the beholder.

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Caption 3 [it]: In fondo, passeggiare al suo interno
Caption 3 [en]: After all, strolling along on the inside

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Meraviglie - S2 EP3 - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata is one of the largest private residences in all of Noto. Built in the eighteenth century in Baroque style, it was the urban residence of the noble Nicolaci family. Its splendid Baroque balconies, together with the façade of the Church of Montevergine, contribute to creating one of the most characteristic corners of all Noto.

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Caption 44 [it]: simbolo di regalità, forse, in fondo, della perfezione raggiunta
Caption 44 [en]: symbol of royalty, perhaps, all in all, of the perfection achieved

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