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Meraviglie - EP. 1 - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Tutto intorno a Matera vi sono grotte, sia naturali sia interamente scavate dall'uomo. In passato, alcune di queste sono state utilizzate come luoghi di culto.

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Alberto ci spiega come dalla realizzazione delle tavole, ricavate dagli abeti rossi della foresta di Paneveggio, vengano costruiti strumenti musicali. Successivamente, ci mostra come la foresta di Paneveggio sia stata un esempio di perfetta collaborazione tra uomo e natura.

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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 14

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Ancient culture merged with "modern" culture, especially after Constantine created the new capital of the Roman Empire, Constantinople. Near Matera in Basilicata, even caves built into the rock face became churches. The frescoes on those walls are quite stunning.

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Caption 23 [it]: il frutto proibito non sia una mela, ma un fico.
Caption 23 [en]: the forbidden fruit is not an apple, but a fig.

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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 43 [it]: prima di Cristo, sia in Grecia che in Etruria.
Caption 43 [en]: before Christ, both in Greece and in Etruria.

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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 36 [it]: quindi non conosciamo neanche dove sia stata trovata esattamente.
Caption 36 [en]: so we don't even know exactly where it was found.

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Meraviglie - EP. 5 - Part 13

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The city of Vicenza and its surroundings enjoyed an architectural golden age in the middle of the 16th century with, as its shining star, architect Andrea Palladio. Alberto Angela tells us the story of how it all came about.

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Caption 49 [it]: sia opera di Andrea Palladio.
Caption 49 [en]: is the work of Andrea Palladio.

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Meraviglie - EP. 5 - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alberto Angela takes us to the place where the best wood for making stringed instruments can be found: the Paneveggio Forest.

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Caption 16 [it]: Ora noi non sappiamo se questa storia sia vera,
Caption 16 [en]: Now, we don't know if this story is true,

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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 20 [it]: Qualunque sia la spiegazione,
Caption 20 [en]: Whichever the explanation might be,

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Meraviglie - EP. 4 - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We go inside the Pisa Cathedral and see how marvelous it is, from the granite columns to the majestic pulpit designed by Giovanni Pisano, which, miraculously, survived the fire of 1595.

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Caption 48 [it]: sia stata realizzata nel milletrecentodue, milletrecentodieci:
Caption 48 [en]: was created in the thirteen hundred and two, thirteen hundred and ten.

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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 39 [it]: Ad Assisi, con Giotto, si dice sia nata la pittura italiana e non solo.
Caption 39 [en]: In Assisi, with Giotto, it is said that Italian painting was born, and not only that.

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Meraviglie - EP. 4 - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

This episode will take us to Umbria. We start with one of the most beautiful cities in the region, Assisi, a city that's practically synonymous with the Franciscan monastic order and its founder, Saint Francis.

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Caption 17 [it]: Monasteri ovunque vi sia silenzio.
Caption 17 [en]: Monasteries wherever there is silence.

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Meraviglie - EP. 3 - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alberto Angela explores the Piccolomini Altarpiece with sculptures by Michelangelo, and the beautiful frescoed Piccolomini Library within the walls of the Siena Cathedral

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Caption 21 [it]: a lui sia dedicata una biblioteca, la Biblioteca Piccolomini.
Caption 21 [en]: there is a library dedicated to him, the Piccolomini Library.

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Meraviglie - EP. 2 - Part 11

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

As opposed to the classical palaces of the powerful, with their throne rooms and great halls, Castel del Monte has some smaller and more intimate spaces, conducive to more personal encounters. Over the centuries, the castle was exploited in different ways, well into modern times.

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Caption 19 [it]: e chissà, forse qui, ammesso che ci sia mai venuto,
Caption 19 [en]: And who knows? Maybe here, assuming he ever came here,

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Meraviglie - EP. 2 - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alberto Angela takes us inside Castel del Monte and helps us imagine what it might have looked like when it was "alive." He uses the term piano nobile, which indicates the floor of a mansion where the noblemen or landowners lived, as opposed to the floors where the servants' quarters and kitchens would have been.

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Caption 59 [it]: questo, questo castello sia stato anche abitato
Caption 59 [en]: this, this castle was also inhabited

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Adriano - La tarantella

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Sicilian

Adriano tells us about the famous southern Italian folk dance, la tarantella. He also tries dancing it himself.

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Caption 41 [it]: Ma non importa che la tarantella sia siciliana o sarda, napoletana o calabrese.
Caption 41 [en]: But it doesn't matter if the tarantella is Sicilian or Sardinian, Neapolitan, or Calabrian.

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