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In giro per l'Italia - Capalbio e dintorni - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv Beginner

Italy

Orbetello is a place where history and nature meet: from the seaplanes of the 1930s to the lagoon, today a precious ecosystem rich in wildlife and unique gastronomic traditions. A brief journey through landscapes, memories and the flavors of the area.

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Caption 53 [it]: Insomma, venire ad Orbetello
Caption 53 [en]: In short, coming to Orbetello

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In giro per l'Italia - Capalbio e dintorni - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv Beginner

Italy

Macchiatonda is Capalbio's secret beach: a stretch of pristine coastline, surrounded by Mediterranean scrubland and overlooking a sea with Caribbean colors. Reachable by shuttle from the station, it offers tranquility and seabeds perfect for snorkeling. A corner of authentic nature, ideal for those seeking peace and wild beauty.

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Caption 75 [it]: Insomma, se sei un amante della natura incontaminata,
Caption 75 [en]: In short, if you are a lover of uncontaminated nature,

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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 58 [it]: Su questo mascherone, insomma, incombe una leggenda celeberrima.
Caption 58 [en]: On this big mask, basically, hangs a very celebrated legend.

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In giro per l'Italia - Roma La Porta Magica

Difficulty: 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 55 [it]: ed è anche, insomma, piena di motti.
Caption 55 [en]: and it is also, in short, full of sayings.

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In giro per l'Italia - Roma Piazza Navona

Difficulty: 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 43 [it]: famiglie che camminano, insomma, un luogo, ehm,
Caption 43 [en]: families who walk around, in other words, a place, um,

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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 35 [it]: eh, penso che non te ne sei pentito [sic: penso che tu non ti sia pentito] di avermi ascoltato, insomma.
Caption 35 [en]: uh, I don't think you regret having listened to me, basically.

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In giro per l'Italia - Pentidattilo - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

What a wonderful place Pentidattilo had been, but then plastic arrived and pretty much ruined everything.

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Caption 23 [it]: e insomma dovevi appartenere a questa civiltà che avanzava.
Caption 23 [en]: and basically, you had to belong to this civilization that was advancing.

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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 21 [it]: ma non è così scontato, insomma,
Caption 21 [en]: but we can't assume that, basically,

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In giro per l'Italia - Venezia - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Marika shows us a famous bookshop in Venice. It's in a critical position with respect to the water level, so special precautions are taken to protect the books when there are high tides. Fascinating!

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Caption 33 [it]: E questo è quanto, insomma.
Caption 33 [en]: And that's it, in short.

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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 13

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

If you have ever visited Italy, you have probably run across the term pinacoteca describing a picture gallery, and wondered where it came from. You will find out in this video about a room called the "tablinum" in the Assisi domus, discovered because they wanted to build an elevator!

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Caption 64 [it]: Insomma, sotto una prima meraviglia
Caption 64 [en]: In short, underneath a first wonder

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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 55 [it]: insomma, c'è già una situazione un po' di piaceri della vita.
Caption 55 [en]: In short, there is already a kind of situation of the pleasures of life.

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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

This magnificent, colorful tomb, dating to twenty-five hundred years ago, depicts a banquet in honor of the deceased, who is clearly a young man. It's a virtual time capsule.

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Caption 58 [it]: Insomma, sembra quasi, a tanti, tanti secoli di distanza,
Caption 58 [en]: Basically, it almost seems, at many, many centuries away —

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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The Matuna family tomb contains many plaster reproductions of everyday objects, adding to the story of how the Etruscans lived. We move on to Tarquinia, where the tombs were carved out of a sedimentary limestone called Macco, allowing the colorful wall paintings to be preserved.

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Caption 1 [it]: Insomma, è qualcosa di estremamente vivido
Caption 1 [en]: In short, it is something extremely vivid

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Meraviglie - EP. 5 - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

There is a legend about the Dolomites, which has to do with a famous rose garden.

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Caption 17 [it]: Ma insomma, tutte queste tradizioni, queste culture
Caption 17 [en]: But basically, all these traditions, these cultures

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Meraviglie - EP. 5 - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alberto Angela gives us a simplified but fascinating description of how the Alps, and the Dolomites in particular, were formed from the sea. He goes on to tell a completely different story involving the Dolomites.

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Caption 38 [it]: Insomma, le Dolomiti sono, se volete,
Caption 38 [en]: Basically, the Dolomites are, if you will,

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