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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

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Alberto Angela ci mostra l'affascinante sarcofago di una nobildonna di epoca etrusca, realizzato in terracotta e particolarmente ricco di dettagli. Successivamente, ci porta al Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Roma, la cui missione è proprio quella di valorizzare le collezioni e la cultura etrusca.

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Meraviglie - EP. 5 - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Il castello di Grinzane appartenne, nella prima metà del XIX secolo, alla famiglia di Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour. Camillo Benso, allontanato da Torino, decide di sperimentare proprio nelle cantine del castello la produzione del famoso vino barolo. Usò delle tecnologie innovative e le regole che adottò per l'invecchiamento del vino sono usate ancora oggi.

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Meraviglie - EP. 4 - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

L'affresco di Cimabue ritrae San Francesco, con il suo sguardo profondo e le stigmate. Sempre nella Basilica inferiore, proprio sopra l'altare, le vele della volta raffigurano Apoteosi di S. Francesco e allegorie dell‘oObbedienza, della povertà, e della castità.

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Meraviglie - EP. 1 - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Lo scalone reale della Reggia di Caserta è un vero e proprio capolavoro di architettura e scenografia. Salendo su per il grande scalone d'ingresso, si possono osservare i grandi leoni di marmo ed ammirare al contempo l'immensità del grande fondale con le sue tre grandi statue della Maestà Regia, del Merito e della Verità.

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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 6 [it]: si cammina su un vero e proprio capolavoro;
Caption 6 [en]: you're walking on an actual masterpiece.

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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Parking is a problem in medieval hilltop towns and cities (especially those attractive to tourists), so one solution is to build an elevator to get from parking further down the hill, up to the center of town. But, you never know what you are going to find when excavating. In Assisi, they certainly hit the jackpot, right in the center of town: A roman domus.

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Caption 12 [it]: e proprio davanti al tempio di Minerva
Caption 12 [en]: and right in front of the Temple of Minerva,

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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 5 [it]: proprio avvenuti sotto la chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore,
Caption 5 [en]: that came about right beneath the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore,

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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

With a look at one of the greatest Etruscan masterpieces in the Villa Giulia museum, we take our leave of Rome to journey to the Umbrian city of Assisi, or, as it was called in Roman times, Assisium.

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Caption 39 [it]: lo stile era proprio questo,
Caption 39 [en]: That was precisely the style.

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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 17 [it]: lo possiamo vedere proprio all'interno di alcune di queste tombe,
Caption 17 [en]: we can see right on the inside of some of these tombs,

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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 4 [it]: che sono stati dipinti proprio al centro del soffitto
Caption 4 [en]: that were painted right in the middle of the ceiling

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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 41 [it]: un vero e proprio gioiello di questo sito UNESCO italiano
Caption 41 [en]: a true jewel of this Italian UNESCO site

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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 13 [it]: perché hanno proprio... sembrano quasi dei letti
Caption 13 [en]: because they have actual... they almost look like beds

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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

There were different kinds of tombs built by the Etruscans. Alberto Angela explains how and why they were made the way they were. He also takes us into one of the most famous and beautiful Etruscan tombs.

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Caption 6 [it]: Era proprio in questi tumuli
Caption 6 [en]: It was right inside these mounds

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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The Etruscans were an important part of Italy's ancient history, and its lands extended for a large expanse of the peninsula. We visit Banditaccia a Cerveteri, a necropolis north of Rome.

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Caption 30 [it]: E proprio a nord del Lazio si trovavano i centri più antichi e importanti
Caption 30 [en]: And just north of Lazio, were situated the oldest and most important centers,

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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 18 [it]: Guardate, si vede in fondo, proprio di lato a questo invito alla danza,
Caption 18 [en]: Look, you see down there, right next to this invitation to dance,

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