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In giro per l'Italia - Roma Il Colosseo

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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."

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Caption 72 [it]: e addirittura nell'Ottocento, ci sono alcune stampe,
Caption 72 [en]: and even in the nineteenth century, there are some prints,

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In giro per l'Italia - Roma La bocca della verità

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Fulvio describes the monument we look at in this segment before telling what it is. The story has some pretty surprising aspects.

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Caption 29 [it]: e, e costruito, si dice, addirittura da Tarquinio il Superbo,
Caption 29 [en]: and, and built, it is said, by Tarquinius Superbus [the Proud], himself,

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Space to ground - EP4 Le origini del sistema solare - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

In August of 2014, the European Space Agency Rosetta probe reached the comet 67/P. This mission allowed for the collection of a great deal of data about comets. In fact, in this episode, a comet will be fashioned out of fairly common ingredients in a normal kitchen. That's pretty exciting.

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Caption 51 [it]: Addirittura, secondo recenti teorie,
Caption 51 [en]: Indeed, according to recent theories,

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Space to ground - EP2 Energia dell'universo. Luce - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

One way to tell if there might be life on another planet is through light. Special telescopes, by way of prisms, analyze and break down the light from distant galaxies into parts. Luca Parmitano, an astronaut of the European Space Agency, speaks to us from the Columbus International Space Station.

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Caption 2 [it]: adatti ad ospitare la vita, o addirittura in cui la vita c'è già?
Caption 2 [en]: that are suitable for supporting life, or even where life already exists?

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In giro per l'Italia - Venezia - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Marika takes us to the piazza where Marco Polo supposedly lived. But which house is it? She asks a local. The name of the square is Corte Seconda del Milion. Il Milion is the Italian name of the book, The Travels of Marco Polo.

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Caption 46 [it]: Immaginate che quando tornarono finalmente, dopo addirittura ventiquattro anni,
Caption 46 [en]: Just imagine when they finally returned, after a good twenty-four years,

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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 2

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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

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 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

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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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