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Rick Steves' Europe
Rick Steves’ Europe: Baroque Art
Season 12
Episode 1209
Forged in Europe’s religious struggles, Baroque art inspired the faithful and dazzled the masses. We start in Rome, with its awe-inspiring St. Peter’s, fleshy Bernini statues and bubbly fountains. In Belgium, we see the dramatic canvases of Rubens. And finally: the ultimate Baroque palace, Versailles, with its chandeliered Hall of Mirrors and vast gardens where nobles played as Revolution brewed.
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Rick visits skyscraper-studded Frankfurt and Nürnberg, capital of the Third Reich.

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Rick visits the two great cities of Saxony: the capital city of Dresden and Leipzig

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Hamburg, Germany’s mighty port city has risen from the ashes of World War II

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A tumultuous 20th century left reunited Berlin entertaining more visitors than ever.

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We experience the best-preserved Baroque city in Central Europe, Prague.

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By train, bike, and boat, we visit the top Dutch sights outside of Amsterdam

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Europe's best-preserved 17th-century city, Amsterdam is traditional and modern.

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In the shadow of Venice, we visit three great cities: Padova, Verona and Ravenna.

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We visit Italy's most remote, romantic stretch of the Riviera, from Vernazza to Monterosso

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We harvest olives near Ramallah, follow pilgrims to Bethlehem and bob in the Dead Sea.