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Space to ground - EP2 Energia dell'universo. Luce (4 videos)

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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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 11

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Italy

Gli scavi avvenuti ad Assisi tra l'Ottocento e il Novecento sotto la chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore hanno riportato alla luce una domus, forse appartenuta al poeta Properzio. La suggestiva domus è ricca di decorazioni parietali, impreziosita anche da quadretti mitologici, pregiate pavimentazioni e splendidi mosaici.

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Meraviglie - EP. 4 - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

La basilica superiore è un vero trionfo di luce e colori. Le pareti interne della chiesa sono interamente ricoperte da affreschi ed è a Giotto che si deve il ciclo di affreschi dedicato alla vita di San Francesco. Nelle sue rappresentazioni, Giotto tralasciò gli schemi dell’arte bizantino-romanica e ne adottò altri, più dolci, più umani e più veri.

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L'Italia che piace - Architettura - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We visit two wineries, Rocca di Frassinello in the Maremma, near Grosseto in the southern part of Tuscany, and the famous Antinori winery in the heart of the Chianti Classico zone.

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Caption 11 [it]: cattura, con una serie di specchi, la luce
Caption 11 [en]: captures, via a series of mirrors, the light

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L'Italia che piace - Territori - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Le Cinque Terre — a place so many visitors from other countries put on their must-see lists — is the topic of this segment. It's a marvelous example of the relationship between humankind and nature.

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Caption 17 [it]: dona sapidità alle uve, la luce, il sole,
Caption 17 [en]: gives flavor to the grapes, the light, the sun,

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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 105 [it]: quindi la luce, la luce della civiltà
Caption 105 [en]: therefore the light, the light of civilization

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Meraviglie - EP. 5 - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

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 34 [it]: Le madrepore, cioè i coralli, hanno bisogno di luce,
Caption 34 [en]: Madrepores, in other words, corals, need light,

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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 46 [it]: lo qual è iorno, et allumini noi per lui [che è la luce del giorno, tu ci illumini tramite lui].
Caption 46 [en]: who is the light of day and you enlighten us through him.

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Meraviglie - EP. 4 - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

What did Saint Francis look like? There are clues in a fresco in the lower basilica of the church dedicated to him in Assisi.

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Caption 36 [it]: doveva apparire alla luce delle centinaia di lampade a olio
Caption 36 [en]: must have appeared with the light of hundreds of oil lamps

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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 79 [it]: la luce che si vedeva qui in questa sala, su questa parete,
Caption 79 [en]: the light that you could see here in this room on this wall,

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Meraviglie - EP. 3 - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alberto Angela shows us a volume from 1554 that bears witness to one of the most dramatic moments in Sienese history. We then go on to the beautiful city of Pienza.

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Caption 18 [it]: Sono dei nomi che ritornano alla luce dopo tanti secoli
Caption 18 [en]: They are names that come back to light after many centuries

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Meraviglie - EP. 2 - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The first stop is Italy's easternmost point, the Punta Palascìa and its 19th century lighthouse. Alberto Angela then shows us another site in the Apulia region, Castel del Monte, a breathtaking crown-shaped castle built by Frederick II in the early 1200s.

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Caption 22 [it]: È da qui che l'Italia saluta ogni giorno la prima luce dell'alba.
Caption 22 [en]: And it is from here that Italy greets the first light of dawn every day.

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Meraviglie - EP. 1 - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Exploring the gardens further, we come upon a grotto, as well as what looks like an ancient Roman site, replete with original statues. It was all part of Vanvitelli's plan.

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Caption 10 [it]: e... questo fascio di luce illumina,
Caption 10 [en]: and... this beam of light illuminates,

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

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy Tuscan

This beautiful church is worth a stop on the way from Pisa to the seaside. Arianna shares her discovery of it. The ceramic bowls that decorate the church are technically known as “bacini ceramici” in Italian, which could be translated as “ceramic basins.” Art historians who write in English, however, also use the term “bacini” for these tin-glazed works.

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Caption 44 [it]: Se illuminate dal sole, le scodelle riflettono infatti la luce.
Caption 44 [en]: If lit by the sun, the bowls reflect the light, as a matter of fact.

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Itinerari Della Bellezza - Basilicata - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The segment concentrates on the environs of Matera, its rugged beauty, and the sacred art and architecture that makes use of natural grottoes.

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Caption 3 [it]: custodisce il polittico di Giovanni Luce da Eboli,
Caption 3 [en]: houses the polyptych of Giovanni Luce da Eboli,

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