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In giro per l'Italia - Roma Il Campidoglio

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.
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Caption 30 [it]: addirittura una costellazione perché Castore e Polluce
Caption 30 [en]: was even a constellation, because Castor and Pollux

In giro per l'Italia - Roma La Porta Magica

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.
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Caption 19 [it]: qualcun altro la chiama Porta dei Cieli, addirittura.
Caption 19 [en]: others even call it the Door to Heaven.

In giro per l'Italia - Roma Il Pantheon

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Fulvio shows us one of the most enigmatic monuments of all Rome, the Pantheon. He gives us some history, some interesting facts, and a legend, as well.
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Caption 11 [it]: ma addirittura è dedicato a tutti gli dei dell'Universo.
Caption 11 [en]: but as a matter of fact, it is dedicated to all the gods of the universe.

In giro per l'Italia - Roma Piazza Navona

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Writer and scholar Fulvio Benelli shows us a part of Rome that tourists always flock to: Piazza Navona. But he tells us the fascinating story of how it came to be.
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Caption 81 [it]: e bandì un concorso, addirittura,
Caption 81 [en]: and he even proclaimed a competition

Antonio - e l'Isola di Dino

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy Lucano

Antonio tells us about the two islands off Calabria. The Isola di Dino is the larger of the two and he tells us the legend of how the island was named. Isola della Cirella is the other island.
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Caption 7 [it]: Qualcuno invece dice addirittura che, eh,
Caption 7 [en]: Some people say instead, that, uh,

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