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Curious Traveler
Curious Rome
Season 2
Episode 202
Why is there a giant hole in the top of the Pantheon? And how is it still standing after more than two millennia? Why does Piazza Navona look like a racetrack? And why did it used to be a swimming pool? Where did the bronze for St. Peter's Basilica come from, and why are those windows in the dome so heavenly?
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Dukes of Brittany Castle; Jules Verne's giant steampunk elephant ride; trail with 100+ works of art.
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Mont Saint-Michel's dramatic tales & tides; Rennes' fairytale houses, historic convent & carousels.
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Labyrinth of souks, historic palaces, Koutoubia Mosque, Jemaa El Fna medina, Le Jardin Secret.
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The Alhambra, Alcazaba & Gibralfaro, Phoenician & Roman sites, Picasso Museum, origin of tapas.
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Seals snoozing on ice; penguin highways; whale spouts & flukes; Shackleton's heroic adventures.
27:55
The last pristine continent on earth; penguins, whales, seals & breathtaking icy landscapes.
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28:51
Dukes of Pomerania Castle, Stare Miasto Square, Seven Cloaks Tower, Kasprowicz Park.
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28:35
Old Market Square, Rogalin Palace, Zamek Cultural Ctr, Enigma Cipher, Croissant Museum.
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28:33
Utrecht's Golden Age, canal boat tour, Dom Cathedral, DOMUnder, Kasteel de Haar.
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28:45
Lyon, France. Traboules, Roman origins, Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Les Halles food market.
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28:30
Regensburg, Germany. Radasbona; a town hall legend, Stone Bridge, a record-holding inn.
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28:36
Franconia, Germany. Nuremberg, Würzburg, Michelin-starred chef, historic vineyard.