Ulisse. Il piacere della scoperta Season 7

Rome. A capital of two, three million inhabitants with all its palaces, its churches, its monuments, but what is underneath all this? What can you discover by going under churches, palaces but also under very famous places such as Piazza Navona, Piazza di Spagna or even the Trevi fountain? Well, there lies a forgotten world made up of archaeological sites, ancient tombs, surprising sites. It will be a real journey to discover the secrets of Rome.

Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States. Exactly 70 years ago an event occurred that was destined to profoundly affect public opinion around the world for generations. It was seven in the evening on May 6, 1937 and photographers, operators, journalists, even onlookers, were waiting for the arrival of the largest flying machine ever built by man, an immense airship, as long as an ocean liner. It came from Europe, had flown over the entire Atlantic Ocean and was about to land.

Krakatoa, Indonesia 1883 and Mount Saint Helens, United States 1980. Two of the scariest eruptions in history, gigantic, destructive. Both caused by volcanoes that had remained inactive and silent for a long time and then suddenly exploded as if they were immense deposits of dynamite. And this is what happened with Vesuvius, when it erupted in 79 AD, devastating Pompeii and Herculaneum.

In this episode our journey will explore a world that is never spoken of and which in reality constitutes the border between life and death. For it, man has created extraordinary works, such as very precious tombs, but also gigantic monuments such as the pyramids or the beautiful Taj Mahal, in India. Or he buried some priceless treasures. It is something that spans millennia and that ultimately unites very different cultures and civilisations, something that often leaves subsequent generations with true masterpieces of human genius, in memory of the greatness of an era, of a man, or of an entire civilisation. : they are the large tombs.

Cape Canaveral, Florida. Right here on July 16, 1969, at 9:32 in the morning, the Saturn 5 rocket took off, bringing men to the Moon for the first time.

The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, a chapter in the history of pre-unification Italy in many ways surprising and little known. In fact, among all the Italian Kingdoms, that of the Two Sicilies was by far the largest, richest and most populated. Almost 10 million people, that is to say one in three inhabitants of our peninsula, lived under the aegis of the House of Bourbon. And Naples was the heart of this kingdom: it was one of the largest cities in Europe, second only to Paris, the fifth in the world, a destination for scholars and travelers of the time. In this episode we will discover why the Bourbon kings, as loved and respected sovereigns, were then fiercely fought by their people and why their kingdom, rich in economic records, technological achievements and cultural treasures, has gone down in history as a closed and retrograde world , responsible for the evils that still afflict our south.

The Bank of Italy. One of the most prestigious, important and serious institutions in our nation. This institution, so fundamental to the functioning of our country, has within it one of the most protected and inaccessible places. A place that truly holds something that represents the wealth of Italy: our gold reserve.