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Rick Steves' Europe
Art Bites 133: Super-sized Art and Architecture of Ancient Rome
In ancient Rome, more than the Colosseum was colossal. Grand statues decorated imposing buildings that stoked massive imperial egos. With bricks, concrete, round arches, cheap or free labor, and emperors who loved to build, Rome built very big.
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Let's relax in Cefalù, ponder ancient Siracusa, and fill up at a Sicilian banquet

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Let's enjoy Sicily's Palermo, Monreale, Agrigento, Villa Casale, Taormina, and Mt. Etna

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Celebrate with the locals in Sevilla, Paris, Pamplona, Munich, Nürnberg and the snowy Alps

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Let's join the locals at Siena's Palio, Scotland’s Highland Games, Carnevale in Venice

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Traveling to Santorini, Mykonos and Rhodes, we’ll see how cruising can help you island-hop

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We'll learn how to get the most out of a cruise, and look at the joys and the downsides.

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We'll visit Portugal's cities of Nazare, Coimbra and Porto, and savor tasty port wine.

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In England we'll wander through Oxford, Cambridge, Blenheim Palace and Ironbridge Gorge.

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Rick explores salty pirates' towns and Dartmoor National Park.

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Rick travels the southeast coast of England, from Canterbury to Dover.

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Rick vists quaint Cotswold villages, Wells and Glastonbury