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"Course No. 3032."

Accompanied by the course guidebook of the same title: The guide to essential Italy: course guidebook / Kenneth R. Bartlett, Ph. D. Published by the Great Courses; copyright The Teaching Company, 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

"Professor Kenneth R. Bartlett, University of Toronto"--Course guidebook cover and DVD container

Taught by Professor Kenneth R. Bartlett, University of Toronto

DVD video, Dolby digital, NTSC

Soundtrack in English; course guidebook in English

disc 1.

Rome: the eternal city -- Capitoline and the Colosseum -- Imperial palaces of the Palatine Hill -- Pompeii: a city frozen in time -- Roman Forum -- Along the Via Sacra to the Capitoline --

disc 2.

Via del Corso and Princely Palaces -- Trevi Fountain and Baroque Rome -- Above and beyond the Spanish Steps -- At the bend of the Tiber -- Pantheon to Campo dei Fiori -- Piazza Farnese to the Ara Pacis --

disc 3.

Piazza del Popolo to San Clemente -- 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 -- Santa Croce and the Pazzi Chapel --

disc 4.

En route to the Ponte Vecchio -- Pitti Palace -- Oltrarno -- Walking to Santa Maria Novella -- From Santa Maria Novella to San Lorenzo -- Medici legacy --

disc 5.

Ognissanti, palaces, parks, and villas -- Romantic views: San Miniato and Fiesole -- Arezzo, Perugia, and Assisi -- Venice: the center of power -- Drawing room of Europe: Piazza San Marco -- Basilica of San Marco --

disc 6.

Ducal Palace -- Venetian civilization -- Along the Giudecca and Grand Canals -- Upper Canal and San Marco on foot -- Rialto and Sestiere San Polo -- Sestiere Castello and the Outer Islands