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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 11

Difficulty: Intermediate

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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 41 [it]: Poco oltre, ecco un mosaico a tessere nere
Caption 41 [en]: A little further on, here is a mosaic with black tesserae,

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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 31 [it]: ecco perché ha una fiaccola.
Caption 31 [en]: that's why she has a torch.

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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We're still in Tarquinia and we visit the tomb of Aninas. We gain some insight into the alphabet the Etruscans used, allowing us to recognize some names, but unfortunately, they didn't leave much in the way of writings to allow us to know much more.

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Caption 23 [it]: Ed ecco,
Caption 23 [en]: And there you go.

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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 55 [it]: ecco arrivare dei musici e ci sono dei suonatori
Caption 55 [en]: you see musicians arriving and there are players

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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 5 [it]: Ecco una bisaccia con quello che rimane, eh, di una borraccia.
Caption 5 [en]: Here's a saddlebag with what's left, eh, of a canteen.

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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

This episode takes us to Sardinia where we see the ancient, majestic stone buildings, unique to Sardinia, called nuraghi.

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Caption 24 [it]: Ed ecco il nuraghe di Santu Antine.
Caption 24 [en]: And here is the Nuraghe of Santu Antine.

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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 1 [it]: Ecco, questo è l'ambiente più grande,
Caption 1 [en]: Here. This room is the largest,

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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 16 [it]: Ecco cosa riescono a creare le Dolomiti.
Caption 16 [en]: That's what the Dolomites succeed in creating.

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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 41 [it]: Ecco perché sembrano incendiarsi.
Caption 41 [en]: That's why they look like they are on fire.

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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 17 [it]: ecco perché poi ci sono delle montagne così alte.
Caption 17 [en]: Indeed, that's why there are such high mountains.

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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 46 [it]: Ecco Sass Pordoi
Caption 46 [en]: Here is Sass Pordoi

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Meraviglie - EP. 5 - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alberto Angela explains how these wooden boards of red spruce become important parts of stringed instruments. The Dolomites are also a very unique place in terms of the land itself and how it is managed by the people who live there.

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Caption 18 [it]: Ecco, qui lo si capisce molto bene.
Caption 18 [en]: Well, here you can understand that quite well.

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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 28 [it]: Ecco, queste sono le Dolomiti.
Caption 28 [en]: Here, these are the Dolomites.

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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 1 [it]: Ed ecco il castello di Grinzane.
Caption 1 [en]: And here is the Castle of Grinzane.

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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 58 [it]: Ecco, questi sono i grandi del passato che erano finiti nell'inferno,
Caption 58 [en]: We see, these are the greats of the past that ended up in hell,

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