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Rick Steves Art of Ancient Rome
The Romans gave Europe its first taste of a common culture, and awe-inspiring art. From its groundbreaking architecture to its statues, mosaics, and frescos, Rome engineered bigger and better than anyone before. At its peak, the Roman Empire was a society of unprecedented luxury, with colossal arenas for entertaining the masses and giant monuments to egotistical emperors. And then it fell.
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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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By train, bike, and boat, we visit the top Dutch sights outside of Amsterdam
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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
