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Moscati, l'amore che guarisce - EP 2 - Part 14

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Giorgio propone di allontanare Giuseppe dall'ospedale offrendogli la cattedra che precedentemente apparteneva al Professore Monteforte. Con sua grande sorpresa, però, Giuseppe la rifiuta e addirittura la affida a Giorgio stesso.

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Anna e Marika - Hostaria Antica Roma - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Il viaggio nel passato continua e questa volta si parla addirittura del Stati Uniti d'America! Ma cosa c'entra l'antica Roma con la storia degli Stati Uniti? Paolo ce lo racconta.

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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The Etruscans were an important part of Italy's ancient history, and its lands extended for a large expanse of the peninsula. We visit Banditaccia a Cerveteri, a necropolis north of Rome.

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Caption 52 [it]: Ad un certo punto ebbe addirittura, nel sesto secolo avanti Cristo,
Caption 52 [en]: At one point, in the sixth century before Christ, it even had

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Meraviglie - EP. 5 - Part 14

Difficulty: Intermediate

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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 47 [it]: Le ville palladiane sono addirittura ventiquattro,
Caption 47 [en]: The villas by Palladio number twenty-four,

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Meraviglie - EP. 5 - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We finally learn where the name "Dolomites" comes from. We also learn the fascinating story of how these mountains came to be.

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Caption 25 [it]: addirittura arrivare a duecentotrentacinque milioni di anni fa.
Caption 25 [en]: as far back as two hundred and thirty-five million years ago.

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Meraviglie - EP. 5 - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alberto Angela takes us to some of the most beautiful mountains in the world, the Dolomites. How did they become so popular? It's a fascinating story.

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Caption 39 [it]: addirittura in Inghilterra.
Caption 39 [en]: as far away as England.

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Meraviglie - EP. 5 - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

This segment is about how the famous wine Barolo came into being. It all started in the Grinzane Castle in the mid-1800s.

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Caption 45 [it]: Invece per la riserva si parla addirittura di sessantadue mesi.
Caption 45 [en]: but for the reserve, we are talking of even sixty-two months.

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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 42 [it]: C'è addirittura un uomo che viene spellato vivo,
Caption 42 [en]: There is even a man who is flayed alive,

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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 19 [it]: addirittura si vede un vescovo che corre per coprirlo.
Caption 19 [en]: we even see a bishop running to cover him up.

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Meraviglie - EP. 4 - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

People often wonder how the Basilica of St. Francis could be as imposing and rich as it is, when the saint to whom it is dedicated had taken an oath of poverty. Alberto Angela explains this and other contradictions.

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Caption 3 [it]: in celle spoglie, addirittura in grotte,
Caption 3 [en]: in bare cells, in fact, in caves.

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Meraviglie - EP. 3 - Part 13

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Two geniuses left their indelible marks on civilization: Leonardo with the Last Supper and Michelangelo with his David.

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Caption 4 [it]: addirittura di staccare il dipinto dalla parete, dal muro,
Caption 4 [en]: of even detaching the painting from the wall, from the wall,

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Meraviglie - EP. 3 - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We look at Leonardo's Last Supper from close up — the details, the symbolism — but also from the refectory floor, seeing how Leonardo's genius made the fresco part of the room itself.

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Caption 4 [it]: Qualcuno ha detto addirittura che si tratterebbe più che di una foto,
Caption 4 [en]: Someone even said that rather than being a photograph,

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La rotta delle spezie di Franco Calafatti - La cannella

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Franco Calafatti knows a great deal about spices but he also loves to experiment. The star of this segment is cinnamon.

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Caption 60 [it]: Stanno addirittura nella combava.
Caption 60 [en]: They are even in the combava.

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Meraviglie - EP. 3 - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

How could accounting books be so fascinating? The ones from the State Archives in Siena are veritable works of art and tell some interesting stories.

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Caption 25 [it]: non più usati come copertina, ma addirittura appesi alle pareti.
Caption 25 [en]: no longer used as book covers, but actually hung on the walls.

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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 13 [it]: ma attenzione, pur essendo spessi addirittura da uno a tre metri,
Caption 13 [en]: but note that, even though they are from one to three meters thick,

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