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Rick Steves' Europe
Art Bites 159: The Renaissance Defined
The Renaissance, a reawakening to the enlightened ways of ancient Greece and Rome, was, for two centuries, an explosion of secular learning, art, and culture. Artists, inspired by the ancients, celebrated a new confidence or humanism.
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Exploring Andalucía, we experience the quintessence of Spanish culture.
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Andalucía's Moorish heritage sparkles in the historic capitals of Granada and Cordoba.
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Little Slovenia is the least visited and most underrated of Europe's alpine countries.
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From Dubrovnik--the "Pearl of the Adriatic"--to Bosnia and Montenegro.
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Croatia's Dalmatian Coast, Plitvice Lakes National Park, Zagreb and the Istrian Peninsula.
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Rick Steves explores Iran's three historic capitals: Persepolis, Shiraz and Esfahan
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In this first of two half-hour shows on Iran, Rick dodges traffic in Tehran
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Greece's Peloponnese Peninsula: Nafplio, Olympia, the theater at Epidauros and Mycenae.
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The must-sees of ancient Athens: the Parthenon, Agora, and National Archaeological Museum.
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We tour the Czech Republic's many cultural riches and offbeat delights.