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 51 [it]: mi piace raccontarvi una storia legata a questo luogo Caption 51 [en]: I want to tell you a story related to this place
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 56 [it]: Mi piace condividerne con voi uno in particolare Caption 56 [en]: I'm happy to share one in particular with you,
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 86 [en]: over an empty space, the central empty space. Caption 86 [it]: su un vuoto, il vuoto centrale.