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L'Italia che piace - Stile di vita - Part 8 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

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We get a glimpse of the spaces where a show takes shape, from sewing the costumes, to creating the sets and backdrops. When a model of a set arrives, the job of the team is to translate it into reality, into something big.

L'Italia che piace - Stile di vita - Part 7 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Tortona is an area of Milan, where steel mills stood previously. The huge structure turned out to be perfect for housing, once renovated, the Ansaldo workshop for the sets of Teatro alla Scala. The area has become very trendy and popular, especially during the Milan Fashion Week.

L'Italia che piace - Stile di vita - Part 6 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Gratitude for the bounty of nature is a primary value for the Zegna Foundation. It might be helpful for the viewer to know that l'abito is a noun (think "monk's habit") meaning a gown or suit, but it is also the first person singular of the verb abitare (to inhabit, to live).

L'Italia che piace - Stile di vita - Part 5 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate 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.

L'Italia che piace - Stile di vita - Part 4 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

There are more steps to making these skins into fine shoe leather, with the result of turning waste products into noble ones.

L'Italia che piace - Stile di vita - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Tuscany is famous for its fine leather. The tradition goes back to medieval times and was a way to make use of the byproducts from slaughtering animals for meat, in other words, the hide.

L'Italia che piace - Stile di vita - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Angelo Inglese talks about how the company got its start, back in the fifties. His widowed grandmother and a next-door neighbor began sewing. Now, the company strives to be an enhancement to the old city of Ginosa.

L'Italia che piace - Stile di vita - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Italy is known for fashion, and that includes shirts. Angelo Inglese, a shirtmaker from Ginosa, in Apulia, talks about how his shirts stand out for being inspired by local traditions, notably embroidery and crocheting.

L'Italia che piace - Territori - Part 10 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The dome of the San Gaudenzio basilica is for sure the most important symbol of Novara. Now, visitors (who are not afraid of heights) can go up there for a magnificent view, but precautionary measures are taken for safety.

L'Italia che piace - Territori - Part 9 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The next stop is Novara, a city near Milan, with an interesting history related to when it was under Spanish rule. See map. The video mentions a special sesini tax, and to learn more, check out this lesson.

L'Italia che piace - Territori - Part 8 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate 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.

L'Italia che piace - Territori - Part 7 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

People who want a spiritual but active way to see Italy often choose la via francigena (the road from France), the Italian pilgrimage route from France to Rome that corresponds to the perhaps more famous "Camino de Santiago" from Paris to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.

L'Italia che piace - Territori - Part 6 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

One way for Le Cinque Terre to accommodate refugees landing in Lampedusa has been to teach them how to build dry-stone walls. This is a much-needed skill in the area and therefore the project is an advantage all around.

L'Italia che piace - Territori - Part 5 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Le Cinque Terre — a place so many visitors from other countries put on their must-see lists — is the topic of this segment. It's a marvelous example of the relationship between humankind and nature.

L'Italia che piace - Territori - Part 4 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

A quarryman has to have a passion for his work. Every block of marble is a challenge and has to be observed on all sides and many times to make sure it is good. But succeeding in cutting it and taking it out is an enormous satisfaction.

L'Italia che piace - Territori - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Vennai is the most important marble quarry in Carrara. Luigi Pasquale talks about when he started working there at about 14 years of age.

L'Italia che piace - Territori - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

We visit the 28th chapel where the scene of Jesus before Pontius Pilate is depicted. We also learn a little secret about how these statues were created.

L'Italia che piace - Territori - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The first place we visit is practically a theater on a mountain, designed and built to replicate places with religious significance in the Holy Land. The mountain, aptly named, is Sacro Monte (sacred or holy mountain) and is located in Piemonte, to the northwest of Milan.

In giro per l'Italia - La Valle del Sorbo View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

To take a break from the hustle and bustle of Rome, there is a place waiting for you, just 40 minutes away, where horses and cows graze in the wild, and where there is plenty of interesting flora and fauna to observe: The Sorbo Valley.

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

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate 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."

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.

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