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Meraviglie - EP. 1 - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

La sala del Trono, immensa e magnifica in tutti i suoi aspetti, rappresenta il potere assoluto del sovrano. In fondo alla sala si trova il trono, piccolo ma molto elegante. La volta al soffitto è stata affrescata con l'opera "La cerimonia della posa della prima pietra della Reggia di Caserta", che riprende l'episodio legato all'apertura dei lavori avvenuto nel 1752.

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L'Italia che piace - Architettura - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Designers come from all over the world to maintain an international style. Production is carried out almost exclusively in the plant located in Umbria but most of what is produced will go to markets abroad.

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Caption 20 [it]: che è il Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano,
Caption 20 [en]: which is the Italian Fund for the Environment,

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L'Italia che piace - Stile di vita - Part 5

Difficulty: 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.

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Caption 4 [it]: Lui fondò il lanificio nel millenovecentodieci
Caption 4 [en]: He founded the woolen mill in nineteen ten

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L'Italia che piace - Territori - Part 8

Difficulty: 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.

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Caption 6 [it]: Prepararlo a fondo in tutti i suoi aspetti,
Caption 6 [en]: to plan it thoroughly in all its aspects,

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In giro per l'Italia - Roma Il Colosseo

Difficulty: 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."

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Caption 16 [it]: quanto il monumento che vedete in fondo a questa via
Caption 16 [en]: as much as the monument you see at the end of this road,

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In giro per l'Italia - Pentidattilo - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Rossella feels that it's her mission to show people this marvelous place. She dedicates part of her home to guests from all over the world.

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Caption 30 [it]: In fondo, se siamo a Pentidattilo,
Caption 30 [en]: Basically, if we are in Pentidattilo,

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In giro per l'Italia - Venezia - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Even if we have never been to Venice, we all know a gondola when we see one, but let's find out more about this elegant Venetian symbol.

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Caption 20 [it]: Ha il fondo piatto cosicché può navigare anche sui canali più bassi
Caption 20 [en]: It has a flat bottom so it can navigate even the shallowest canals

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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The Etruscans were influenced by other ethnic groups, particularly the Greeks. On display in the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, we find evidence of this in the terracotta objects and fine gold jewelry and precious objects dating from the period.

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Caption 9 [it]: in fondo gli Etruschi erano delle popolazioni,
Caption 9 [en]: after all, the Etruscans were populations,

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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We get a look at the tomb, in terracotta, of a noblewoman. The clay allows for detail, where tombs in Macco do not. We then go to Rome, to the most important Etruscan museum, where we see once again, what an important role the afterlife played in the lives (and deaths) of the Etruscans.

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Caption 38 [it]: in fondo, disegnare come vediamo noi oggi.
Caption 38 [en]: after all, drawing as we see today.

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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 16 [it]: Là in fondo c'è un concerto da parte di giovani ragazze
Caption 16 [en]: Back there, there is a concert by young girls,

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Meraviglie - EP. 5 - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The Grinzane Castle houses a Museum of Peasant Civilization. Alberto Angela shows us a huge wine press and explains how it worked.

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Caption 17 [it]: E poi laggiù, in fondo, vedete questa specie di vite,
Caption 17 [en]: And then, down there at the end, you see this kind of screw,

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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 63 [it]: e anche, in fondo, sulla moda, sul modo di concepire
Caption 63 [en]: and even, deep down, about fashion, about the way they conceived

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Meraviglie - EP. 4 - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We go inside the Pisa Cathedral and see how marvelous it is, from the granite columns to the majestic pulpit designed by Giovanni Pisano, which, miraculously, survived the fire of 1595.

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Caption 4 [it]: e, laggiù in fondo, c'è l'altare. Sopra, si vedono i...
Caption 4 [en]: and, down there, at the end is the altar. Above, you see the...

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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 40 [it]: Anche la letteratura italiana, in fondo, ha mosso i suoi primi passi
Caption 40 [en]: Even Italian literature, after all, took its first steps

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Meraviglie - EP. 4 - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We move from the lower basilica to the upper one, which has an entirely different feel to it. Here, we are surrounded by a show of light and color in colorful frescoes and stained-glass windows.

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Caption 9 [it]: perché in fondo si tratta di una chiesa tombale,
Caption 9 [en]: because, after all, it is a crypt church,

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