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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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Moscati, l'amore che guarisce - EP 2 - Part 15

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Elena explains her health problem to Giuseppe and they also clarify some personal things. Giuseppe then takes her to a special place in the city.

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Caption 41 [it]: In fondo la vita non è così ingiusta.
Caption 41 [en]: In the end, life is not that unjust.

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Moscati, l'amore che guarisce - EP1 - Part 14

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Both Giuseppe and Giorgio take the exam for the available position. They each have to diagnose a patient and the examination board isn't kind to either of them.

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Caption 29 [it]: In fondo, quello che è successo
Caption 29 [en]: At the end of the day, what happened

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L'Oriana - film - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Lisa's goal in meeting with Oriana is an interview, which Oriana clearly does not want to give. But she tells about when she was a ruthless interviewer herself, in both Italy and the U.S.

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Caption 63 [it]: Ma in fondo con me non lo sono mai stati.
Caption 63 [en]: But at heart, they never were that way with me.

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L'Oriana - film - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Oriana Fallaci was a famous journalist, writer, and activist. This biopic starring Vittoria Puccini recounts some aspects and episodes of her multi-faceted life. See the trailer here, or, if you're not yet a Yabla subscriber, see it on YouTube.

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Caption 5 [it]: [Realizzato con il sostegno della Regione Lazio] [Fondo regionale per il cinema e l'audiovisivo]
Caption 5 [en]: [Created with the support of the Lazio Region] [Regional Fund for Cinema and Audiovisuals]

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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The Etruscans were influenced by other ethnic groups, particularly the Greeks. On display in the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, we find evidence of this in the terracotta objects and fine gold jewelry and precious objects dating from the period.

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Caption 9 [it]: in fondo gli Etruschi erano delle popolazioni,
Caption 9 [en]: after all, the Etruscans were populations,

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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We get a look at the tomb, in terracotta, of a noblewoman. The clay allows for detail, where tombs in Macco do not. We then go to Rome, to the most important Etruscan museum, where we see once again, what an important role the afterlife played in the lives (and deaths) of the Etruscans.

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Caption 38 [it]: in fondo, disegnare come vediamo noi oggi.
Caption 38 [en]: after all, drawing as we see today.

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Meraviglie - EP. 5 - Part 14

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We visit the interior of Villa Coldogno and see to what extent Andrea Palladio was ahead of his time as an architect, and how he was able to combine functionality and elegance.

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Caption 16 [it]: Là in fondo c'è un concerto da parte di giovani ragazze
Caption 16 [en]: Back there, there is a concert by young girls,

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Meraviglie - EP. 5 - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The Grinzane Castle houses a Museum of Peasant Civilization. Alberto Angela shows us a huge wine press and explains how it worked.

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Caption 17 [it]: E poi laggiù, in fondo, vedete questa specie di vite,
Caption 17 [en]: And then, down there at the end, you see this kind of screw,

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Meraviglie - EP. 4 - Part 14

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.

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Caption 63 [it]: e anche, in fondo, sulla moda, sul modo di concepire
Caption 63 [en]: and even, deep down, about fashion, about the way they conceived

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Meraviglie - EP. 4 - Part 9

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.

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Caption 4 [it]: e, laggiù in fondo, c'è l'altare. Sopra, si vedono i...
Caption 4 [en]: and, down there, at the end is the altar. Above, you see the...

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Meraviglie - EP. 4 - Part 5

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

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Caption 40 [it]: Anche la letteratura italiana, in fondo, ha mosso i suoi primi passi
Caption 40 [en]: Even Italian literature, after all, took its first steps

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Meraviglie - EP. 4 - Part 4

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.

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Caption 9 [it]: perché in fondo si tratta di una chiesa tombale,
Caption 9 [en]: because, after all, it is a crypt church,

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La rotta delle spezie di Franco Calafatti - Il sale - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

This fascinating segment is all about salt: Our spice journey takes us to Sicily, where much of Italy's salt is harvested. Franco talks about how salt is life, salt is gold.

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Caption 20 [it]: per'... pescano nel pigmento rosso del fondo delle saline.
Caption 20 [en]: they fish in the red pigment at the bottom of the salt pans.

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Meraviglie - EP. 2 - Part 13

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alberto Angelo tells us the fascinating story of how trulli are built. Some of the most characteristic trulli can be found in Alberobello.

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Caption 29 [it]: che in fondo è la firma del trullaro.
Caption 29 [en]: which is basically the signature of the "trullaro."

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