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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 11

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We're in Assisi, where, during some excavations, a domus was discovered. It's clear it belonged to a wealthy family because of the richness of the wall and floor decorations, and might even have been the home of the poet Propertius.

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Caption 44 [it]: che abbiamo appena visto.
Caption 44 [en]: that we just looked at.

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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 1 [it]: Ma, quello che colpisce per, di questa tomba, lo avete visto,
Caption 1 [en]: But what is striking in, about this tomb, as you have seen,

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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 4 [it]: perché qui vediamo degli oggetti che avremmo visto nelle case.
Caption 4 [en]: because here, we see objects that we would have seen in houses.

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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

One of the most famous tombs is that of the Matuna family. The reproductions and depictions of objects found there, ranging from everyday tools to ceremonial and funereal ones, allows us a glimpse of what life would have been like in this ancient civilization.

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Caption 49 [it]: Avremmo visto i volti di queste persone, ma non esistono più.
Caption 49 [en]: We would have seen the faces of these people, but they no longer exist.

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Meraviglie - EP. 5 - Part 11

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We say goodbye to the Dolomites and, after enjoying the extraordinary panorama from those peaks, go on to Venice, one of the most marvelous cities in the world.

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Caption 39 [it]: Una terra che ha visto l'ascesa e la caduta
Caption 39 [en]: A land that has seen the rise and fall

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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 41 [it]: come quella che abbiamo appena visto.
Caption 41 [en]: like the one we just saw,

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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 26 [it]: Che cosa avremmo visto qui?
Caption 26 [en]: What would we have seen here?

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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 53 [it]: visto male perché aveva professato ritorno al politeismo:
Caption 53 [en]: viewed dimly because he professed a return to polytheism:

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Meraviglie - EP. 4 - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alberto Angela takes us through what is actually a gallery of ancient art inside this cemetery, and focuses on the sarcophagi, each with its story to tell.

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Caption 46 [it]: lo abbiamo visto con i sarcofagi messi in fila - e arte medievale.
Caption 46 [en]: we saw it with the sarcophagi lined up - and medieval art.

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Meraviglie - EP. 4 - Part 11

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alberto Angela recounts some interesting facts and legends surrounding the roof of the Bapistery and the Camposanto [cemetery].

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Caption 41 [it]: la conclusione straordinaria di quello che abbiamo visto fino adesso:
Caption 41 [en]: the extraordinary conclusion of what we have seen up until now:

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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 21 [it]: i fedeli dell'epoca hanno visto questo corpo
Caption 21 [en]: the faithful of the time saw this body

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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 38 [it]: Anche se lo aveva visto per pochi secondi.
Caption 38 [en]: even though he had seen it for just a few seconds.

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Meraviglie - EP. 3 - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

How could accounting books be so fascinating? The ones from the State Archives in Siena are veritable works of art and tell some interesting stories.

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Caption 57 [it]: Pensate che l'autore di una delle tavolette e che abbiamo visto prima,
Caption 57 [en]: Just think that the author of one of those tablets, and that we saw earlier,

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Meraviglie - EP. 3 - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alberto Angela brings medieval Siena to life, with the help of some breathtaking aerial shots.

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Caption 28 [it]: E proprio qui, avremmo visto passeggiare i governanti di Siena,
Caption 28 [en]: And right here, we would have seen the rulers of Siena walking around,

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Meraviglie - EP. 2 - Part 13

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alberto Angelo tells us the fascinating story of how trulli are built. Some of the most characteristic trulli can be found in Alberobello.

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Caption 58 [it]: I Trulli, insomma, lo abbiamo visto,
Caption 58 [en]: The trulli, all in all, as we have seen,

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