The guide to essential Italy

The guide to essential Italy

Kenneth R. Bartlett

DVD - 2015

"This epic travel adventure from The Great Courses and Smithsonian's travel arm, Smithsonian Journeys, delivers a feast of cultural and historical riches."--From container.

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Subjects
Italy > Description and travel.
Italy > Guidebooks.
Italy > History.
Guidebooks.
Genres
Guidebooks
Published
[Chantilly, Va.] : Teaching Co [2015]
Language
English
Corporate Author
Teaching Company
Main Author
Kenneth R. Bartlett (author)
Corporate Author
Teaching Company (-)
Edition
[PDF workbook version]
Item Description
"The Great courses, Topic: Better living ; Subtopic: Travel"--Cover.
"Course no. 3032"--Disc labels.
36 lectures lasting 30 minutes each.
Accompanying CD-ROM contains course workbook in PDF format.
Physical Description
6 videodiscs (approximately 1080 minutes) : sound, color + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
Format
DVD; PDF requires Adobe Reader or PDF reader.
ISBN
9781501924439
  • Disc 1. Rome: the eternal city
  • The Capitoline and the Colosseum
  • Imperial palaces of the Palatine Hill
  • Pompeii: a city frozen in time
  • The Roman Forum
  • Along the Via Sacra to the Capitoline
  • Disc 2. The Via del Corso and Princely Palaces
  • The Trevi Fountain and Baroque Rome
  • Above and beyond the Spanish Steps
  • At the bend of the Tiber
  • The Pantheon to Campo dei Fiori
  • Piazza Farnese to the Ara Pacis
  • Disc 3. Piazza del Popolo to San Clemente
  • The Vatican and St. Peter's Basilica
  • Orvieto, Siena, and San Gimignano
  • Florence: politics in art and architecture
  • From the Piazza del Duomo to San Marco
  • San Croce and the Pazzi Chapel
  • Dosc 4. En route to the Ponte Vecchio
  • The Pitti Palace
  • The Oltrarno
  • Walking to Santa Maria Novella
  • From Santa Maria Novella to San Lorenzo
  • The Medici legacy
  • Disc 5. The Ognissanti, palaces, parks, and villas
  • Romantic views: San Miniato and Fiesole
  • Arezzo, Perugia, and Assisi
  • Venice: the center of power
  • The drawing room of Europe: Piazza San Marco
  • The Basilica of San Marco
  • Disc 6. The Ducal Palace
  • Venetian civilization
  • Along the Giudecca and Grand Canals
  • The Upper Canal and San Marco on foot
  • The Rialto and Sestiere San Polo
  • Sestiere Castello and the Outer Islands.

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