The Heart of Italy

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0:00:52 > 0:00:55Whoever said all roads lead to Rome was lying.

0:01:48 > 0:01:52For a thousand years, Roma dominated the world.

0:01:54 > 0:01:59It was the capital of the greatest empire ever seen.

0:02:06 > 0:02:10Its art and architecture shaped the western world

0:02:10 > 0:02:14and became the emblem of "civilisation" itself.

0:02:14 > 0:02:20Other capitals, like London, are just a part of the country they are in

0:02:20 > 0:02:23and don't always represent it.

0:02:23 > 0:02:25But Roma IS Italy.

0:02:32 > 0:02:35When I think of the size of Roma,

0:02:35 > 0:02:42and all the great buildings, statues and fountains, it's overwhelming.

0:02:45 > 0:02:48We know Roma wasn't built in a day,

0:02:48 > 0:02:51but I'm amazed it got built at all.

0:02:51 > 0:02:54Romans are famous for being lazy.

0:02:54 > 0:03:01They even have their own commandments, devoted to most sacred act of all - rest.

0:03:05 > 0:03:07Rule number one -

0:03:48 > 0:03:50Romans are more concerned with, how you say?

0:03:50 > 0:03:55Putting your feet up and taking life easy.

0:03:58 > 0:04:02They know their city is pretty good as it is.

0:04:02 > 0:04:05The hard work was done centuries ago!

0:04:17 > 0:04:20Roma is a city of fantastic sculpture.

0:04:20 > 0:04:22It is everywhere.

0:04:25 > 0:04:30But I have my own favourites which I visit again and again.

0:04:40 > 0:04:44The Galleria Borghese is packed with sculpture

0:04:44 > 0:04:50but it's the work of one artist that outshines everyone else.

0:04:50 > 0:04:53His name was Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

0:04:57 > 0:05:03He lived from 1598 to 1680 and as many as eight Popes

0:05:03 > 0:05:08would seek him out as the most desirable artist in the world.

0:05:12 > 0:05:18His work in the galleria Borghese would launch his career and come to define Baroque sculpture.

0:05:24 > 0:05:29Baroque was the style that dominated the 17th century.

0:05:29 > 0:05:36It means many things, but if there's a word that defines it, it's "movement".

0:05:36 > 0:05:42Never before had sculpture moved in the way Bernini's did.

0:05:59 > 0:06:05This great work, completed in 1622, shows the abduction of a young woman,

0:06:05 > 0:06:10Proserpina, by Pluto, God of the Underworld.

0:06:12 > 0:06:19He scoops her up and despite her struggle, carries her away before our eyes.

0:06:27 > 0:06:31I love Bernini's attention to detail.

0:06:31 > 0:06:36Pluto's fingers sink into Prosperina's flesh.

0:06:39 > 0:06:43And his brow, twisted by her pushing hand.

0:06:43 > 0:06:46So full of life and so...

0:06:46 > 0:06:49How do you say? Sensuale.

0:07:06 > 0:07:10In this sculpture, carved just a year or so later,

0:07:10 > 0:07:18Bernini shows the god Apollo trying to rape a water nymph called Daphne.

0:07:18 > 0:07:24According to myth, she cried out to her father, the river god, to save her.

0:07:26 > 0:07:32And at the last moment, he transformed her vulnerable flesh into a tree.

0:07:38 > 0:07:44Bernini wanted Daphne to turn into a tree before our eyes.

0:07:44 > 0:07:46As we walk around the sculpture,

0:07:46 > 0:07:50we see Daphne slowly changing.

0:07:50 > 0:07:54Apollo no longer grasps a beautiful young woman,

0:07:54 > 0:07:56but a tree.

0:08:17 > 0:08:20# Down each avenue or via

0:08:20 > 0:08:22# Street or strata

0:08:22 > 0:08:25# You can see 'em disappearin'

0:08:25 > 0:08:28# Two by two

0:08:28 > 0:08:31# On an evening in Roma... #

0:09:06 > 0:09:08Fantastic!

0:09:13 > 0:09:17On my last night, I head for the heart of Roma -

0:09:17 > 0:09:18like everyone else!

0:09:33 > 0:09:40There are hundreds of fountains here in the city but Fontana di Trevi is the mother of them all.

0:09:42 > 0:09:45Let's face it, if you call this a fountain,

0:09:45 > 0:09:49it is like calling Big Ben an alarm clock.

0:09:49 > 0:09:52This is a real monumento d'acqua.

0:10:00 > 0:10:07Designed by Nicolo Salvi in 1732, it took almost 30 years to complete.

0:10:07 > 0:10:12It shows the god Neptune harnessing the waters of the world.

0:10:22 > 0:10:25But most people come here for one reason.

0:10:26 > 0:10:32It's said if you throw one coin into the fountain you'll come back to Roma.

0:10:32 > 0:10:34If you throw two,

0:10:34 > 0:10:37you'll marry a beautiful Roman girl.

0:10:37 > 0:10:42If you throw three coins, you'll marry a beautiful girl in Roma.

0:10:42 > 0:10:45I don't know what happens with four...

0:10:45 > 0:10:47but it's got to be pretty good!

0:11:01 > 0:11:04ALARM BEEPS

0:11:16 > 0:11:21For us Italians, a day has not begun until you have your coffee.

0:11:21 > 0:11:26And what better place than the oldest cafe in Italy?

0:11:36 > 0:11:44Coffee is not grown in Italy, and yet we have made it our own in the eyes of the world.

0:11:44 > 0:11:49The Caffe-Latte, the Macchiato, The cappuccino...

0:11:49 > 0:11:51all Italian.

0:11:51 > 0:11:54But king of them all is the Espresso.

0:11:59 > 0:12:02Coming here is a little bit like going back in time.

0:12:04 > 0:12:10This cafe has been serving coffee in the same orange cups since 1760.

0:12:10 > 0:12:15People like Casanova had his coffee here, so it's good enough for me.

0:12:20 > 0:12:25Of course, you British can't really see the point of our espresso.

0:12:25 > 0:12:28It seems too small, a waste of money,

0:12:28 > 0:12:32but for us Italians, this is the real thing.

0:13:16 > 0:13:19On the way out of Roma is the EUR district,

0:13:19 > 0:13:23also known as "Roma moderna".

0:13:23 > 0:13:25It's like a city within a city.

0:13:39 > 0:13:43Every country has its embarrassing periods.

0:13:43 > 0:13:45And Italy has plenty.

0:13:45 > 0:13:51It was here in the 1935 that the fascist dictator Benito Mussolini

0:13:51 > 0:13:57envisaged a modern city that would match the splendour of ancient Rome.

0:14:03 > 0:14:07But when the Second World War broke out four years later,

0:14:07 > 0:14:10EUR was far from finished.

0:14:13 > 0:14:18Even so, there are reminders from the Fascist era all around.

0:14:20 > 0:14:25This is the Palazzo della Civilta' Italiana -

0:14:25 > 0:14:30an extraordinary marriage of Fascism and Modernism!

0:14:35 > 0:14:41Mussolini's presence is still very much here, especially at the Palazzo degli Uffici.

0:14:51 > 0:14:57You know, Italians have a strange relationship with Mussolini.

0:14:57 > 0:15:02My grandparents had to leave their homes and hide away up in the mountains.

0:15:02 > 0:15:07But in many parts in Italy, if you scratch beneath the surface,

0:15:07 > 0:15:11you will find an uncomfortable admiration for his legacy.

0:15:16 > 0:15:22Everyone remembers how Mussolini made the trains run on time, pushed the mafia out of Italy,

0:15:22 > 0:15:25put the church in its place,

0:15:25 > 0:15:32and created for the first time a sense of nationhood in the hearts of the people.

0:15:57 > 0:16:01In the basement of the Palazzo is "Il Bunker del Duce."

0:16:05 > 0:16:10It was built as an emergency shelter for government officials.

0:16:19 > 0:16:25Macabre reminders of that time lie buried deep inside the building.

0:16:53 > 0:16:59These heads, all of Mussolini, were intended to adorn monuments outside,

0:16:59 > 0:17:01but now are just lying here.

0:17:03 > 0:17:06It's a little creepy being down here.

0:17:06 > 0:17:10Mussolini was a scary figure in himself.

0:17:10 > 0:17:13But three of him? It's too much.

0:17:20 > 0:17:25Mussolini failed to create his perfect city in EUR.

0:17:25 > 0:17:29But, elsewhere, he was more successful.

0:17:37 > 0:17:41I'm driving south through the Pontine Marshes

0:17:41 > 0:17:45which once stretched 800 square kilometres.

0:17:45 > 0:17:50This area used to be known as "I Pantani d'Inferno" -

0:17:50 > 0:17:52the Marshes of Hell.

0:18:05 > 0:18:10Many great men in history had tried to drain the marshes.

0:18:10 > 0:18:14Emperors like Julius Caesar, in Roman times,

0:18:14 > 0:18:18and the Popes in the 1500s.

0:18:18 > 0:18:20But they all failed.

0:18:20 > 0:18:23It was Mussolini that succeeded.

0:18:23 > 0:18:28Today, this is all that is left of the marshes of hell.

0:18:36 > 0:18:40In the 1930s, thousands of unemployed

0:18:40 > 0:18:46were moved from the north of Italy to drain and develop this land.

0:18:46 > 0:18:50Here's Mussolini himself, joining the workforce.

0:18:52 > 0:18:57The land they cultivated was then handed back to them as a reward.

0:19:04 > 0:19:10But Mussolini also wanted to build towns to show the world how he, Mussolini,

0:19:10 > 0:19:15had tamed the marshes and had made heaven out of hell.

0:19:21 > 0:19:25Sabaudia is the best of several towns Mussolini created.

0:19:27 > 0:19:30Work began on 5 August, 1933.

0:19:33 > 0:19:39It only took 253 days for the whole town to be completed.

0:19:47 > 0:19:52Mussolini wanted to take the best of Italy's history.

0:19:52 > 0:19:55So the streets are laid out in a Roman grid,

0:19:57 > 0:20:02while the government buildings boast medieval-style tall towers.

0:22:57 > 0:23:00This balcony was for speech giving.

0:23:00 > 0:23:04Here, Mussolini could stroll up and down and proclaim

0:23:04 > 0:23:09and thousands of adoring followers could cheer below.

0:24:02 > 0:24:06Back on the road, I'm driving towards the hilltop town of Tivoli.

0:24:15 > 0:24:20In 1549, a new Governor arrived to rule this district.

0:24:20 > 0:24:23His name was Ippolito d'Este.

0:24:23 > 0:24:28It should have been a big honour - but not for Ippolito.

0:24:28 > 0:24:35You see, he had just failed to be made Pope so this town was just a consolation prize.

0:24:43 > 0:24:48Ippolito's problem was his incredible ambition.

0:24:48 > 0:24:52But it was to have an unexpected and wonderful result.

0:25:11 > 0:25:16Ippolito built himself a magnificent home, thinking,

0:25:16 > 0:25:20"If I can't be Pope, at least I'll have a palace worthy of one!"

0:25:28 > 0:25:33The water gardens of Villa d'Este are one of the marvels of Italy.

0:25:33 > 0:25:37There are 51 fountains

0:25:37 > 0:25:41with 398 spouts...

0:25:43 > 0:25:46..364 jets,

0:25:46 > 0:25:4964 waterfalls,

0:25:49 > 0:25:52220 basins

0:25:52 > 0:25:55and 875 meters of canals.

0:26:05 > 0:26:12Nobody since the Romans had realized the potential of water as a creative medium.

0:26:12 > 0:26:17This became the inspiration for every water garden in Europe.

0:26:24 > 0:26:28Ippolito created a theatre of water.

0:26:28 > 0:26:31These fountains are like stages.

0:26:33 > 0:26:39The water leaps and bounds, performing for our delight.

0:26:58 > 0:27:03Despite being a candidate five times, Ippolito never became a Pope.

0:27:03 > 0:27:07His garden, which had begun as a hobby,

0:27:07 > 0:27:13became an obsession - it is the only thing he is now remembered for.

0:27:13 > 0:27:17But maybe this is not a story about failure after all.

0:27:17 > 0:27:22Many Popes have been forgotten about, but nobody forgets this garden.

0:27:55 > 0:27:58I hope you like what we Italians call gialli...

0:27:58 > 0:28:01crime stories.

0:28:01 > 0:28:05And this is one of Italy's best - and it's real.

0:28:07 > 0:28:13The setting is this, the remote hill town of Gesualdo.

0:28:13 > 0:28:15The year, 1590.

0:28:16 > 0:28:20It is a story about death - tragic love -

0:28:20 > 0:28:25and one of the most delicate subjects in Italy - infidelity.

0:28:30 > 0:28:33Let me tell you something about Italian men.

0:28:33 > 0:28:40There's nothing worse than the idea that your wife could have been unfaithful.

0:28:40 > 0:28:43It's the most humiliating betrayal.

0:28:43 > 0:28:48Even today, if you really want to insult an Italian man, you do this.

0:28:48 > 0:28:53"Cornuto", which means "your woman has been cheating!"

0:29:20 > 0:29:24Let me introduce you to our anti-hero.

0:29:26 > 0:29:29The mysterious prince Gesualdo.

0:29:29 > 0:29:32He lived in this castle

0:29:32 > 0:29:35towering over the town.

0:29:46 > 0:29:52Prince Gesualdo married Donna Maria d'Avalos and they had a son.

0:29:52 > 0:29:57But soon Donna Maria took a lover - the dashing Duke of Andria.

0:30:10 > 0:30:16One night in October, Gesualdo told his wife he was going out hunting.

0:30:16 > 0:30:20But legend says he was hiding.

0:30:20 > 0:30:24He waited for the lover to come around.

0:30:24 > 0:30:28At the right moment, he quietly crept up to her room

0:30:28 > 0:30:31and killed them both in bed.

0:30:34 > 0:30:39But soon the sense of guilt tormented Gesualdo.

0:30:39 > 0:30:44It is said he became a recluse in his castle and slowly went mad.

0:30:48 > 0:30:54Then Gesualdo began to compose some of the most haunting and beautiful music

0:30:54 > 0:30:57to come out of my country.

0:32:45 > 0:32:52Let's face it, Caserta today is not the kind of place you would want to spend the rest of your life.

0:32:52 > 0:32:59And yet it's in this little southern town that lies the greatest palace in all Italy.

0:33:07 > 0:33:14This enormous palace was begun in 1752 by the ruler of southern Italy,

0:33:14 > 0:33:19the King of Naples, Carlo di Borbone.

0:33:19 > 0:33:24He wanted a palace befitting the new kingdom he had created.

0:33:45 > 0:33:47It feels a little obscene.

0:33:47 > 0:33:51The south of Italy was one of the poorest areas in Europe.

0:33:51 > 0:33:54Still a medieval and feudal society.

0:34:04 > 0:34:09The palace stretches over 44,000 square metres.

0:34:09 > 0:34:14It has 1200 rooms,

0:34:14 > 0:34:17an observatory, a chapel,

0:34:17 > 0:34:2334 staircases and over 1700 windows.

0:34:31 > 0:34:36The throne room wasn't completed until 1847,

0:34:36 > 0:34:40almost 100 years after Carlo began this palace.

0:34:40 > 0:34:45The current Bourbon king didn't have so much time to enjoy it.

0:34:45 > 0:34:49The Bourbons were so concerned with looking grand

0:34:49 > 0:34:53that they hadn't noticed the revolution growing in their kingdom.

0:35:03 > 0:35:06Only 13 years later, the revolutionary patriot

0:35:06 > 0:35:12Giuseppe Garibaldi swept through the south of Italy with his army.

0:35:14 > 0:35:18The Bourbon dynasty was brought crashing down.

0:35:25 > 0:35:29But at the very heart of this immense royal building

0:35:29 > 0:35:35lies something small and intimate...and wonderful.

0:35:40 > 0:35:42This is a piccolo teatro -

0:35:42 > 0:35:44a jewel-box theatre.

0:35:44 > 0:35:46My favourite.

0:35:58 > 0:36:03It was completed in 1769 for King Ferdinando,

0:36:03 > 0:36:07and has been used for opera ever since.

0:36:52 > 0:36:56It's not supposed to rain in the south of Italy.

0:37:18 > 0:37:21Lake Averno.

0:37:21 > 0:37:25It sits in a great volcanic crater -

0:37:25 > 0:37:30one of 40 volcanoes in the area known as Campi Flegrei -

0:37:30 > 0:37:32the Flaming Fields.

0:37:35 > 0:37:43No where else in the world are you so aware of going through a legendary landscape.

0:37:43 > 0:37:50According to the Romans, this lake was the entrance to the underworld.

0:37:55 > 0:37:58Next to the lake is the only active crater - Solfatara.

0:38:07 > 0:38:15For centuries Solfatara has been famous for its steaming jets of sulphurous vapours.

0:38:15 > 0:38:19Even today, it's a dangerous place to explore.

0:38:26 > 0:38:28It's warm and stinky!

0:38:35 > 0:38:41The whole area is closely watched by scientists and vulcanologists,

0:38:41 > 0:38:44because of the frequency of earthquakes

0:38:44 > 0:38:49which make the ground level rise and fall from year to year.

0:38:49 > 0:38:54Nobody can tell when the next one is going to happen.

0:38:58 > 0:39:04In Roman times this was believed to be the home of Vulcan, the God of Fire.

0:39:08 > 0:39:14Today it is home to the Angarano family which has lived here since the 19th century.

0:40:56 > 0:40:59ECHOING BOOM

0:41:50 > 0:41:54"See Naples and Die" they used to say.

0:41:54 > 0:41:58But today even getting here alive is a remarkable thing.

0:42:02 > 0:42:06Neapolitans are perhaps the worst drivers in the world.

0:42:08 > 0:42:11You British may think it's too noisy,

0:42:11 > 0:42:14probably even too dirty.

0:42:17 > 0:42:21But once you get to the centre you discover the jewel of real Naples.

0:42:25 > 0:42:30If Roma is the heart of Italy, then Naples is its soul.

0:42:36 > 0:42:38Ciao!

0:43:01 > 0:43:05The streets of Naples are always full of ritual.

0:43:07 > 0:43:11The people here are religious and superstitious.

0:43:15 > 0:43:22It was here, in the middle of the 18th century in the Spaccanapoli quarter,

0:43:22 > 0:43:25that rumours spread of a mysterious prince.

0:43:28 > 0:43:34Some said he'd sold his soul to the devil for magical powers

0:43:34 > 0:43:39and certainly he had visions of the future which cannot be explained.

0:43:44 > 0:43:48It's easy to see how such rumours got around.

0:43:48 > 0:43:52Prince Raimondo was an unusual figure.

0:43:52 > 0:43:56For a start, as most Neapolitans, he was an inventor.

0:43:56 > 0:44:03He invented the first raincoat, a shotgun, an amphibious carriage, an eternal lamp.

0:44:03 > 0:44:08But I think his greatest creation... was this chapel.

0:44:19 > 0:44:25In the 1750s, Prince Raimondo began decorating the family chapel.

0:44:25 > 0:44:31He called in the greatest sculptors of the day to work under his guidance.

0:44:33 > 0:44:39The result is a treasure house of baroque sculpture.

0:44:44 > 0:44:47This monument, entitled The Modesty,

0:44:47 > 0:44:52is dedicated to Raimondo's mother who died at the age of 20.

0:44:54 > 0:44:57The broken tablet marks her premature death.

0:45:12 > 0:45:14This is "Disinganno" -

0:45:14 > 0:45:17Release from Sin.

0:45:17 > 0:45:20Dedicated to Raimondo's father.

0:45:23 > 0:45:26His father had led a dissolute life

0:45:26 > 0:45:30but at last he found release in piety.

0:45:37 > 0:45:44The highlight of the chapel is without any doubt Sammartino's Veiled Christ.

0:45:44 > 0:45:49This beautiful sculpture, carved from a single block of stone,

0:45:49 > 0:45:53depicts the image of Christ covered with a shroud.

0:46:06 > 0:46:10What strikes me most is His face.

0:46:13 > 0:46:18From this angle, it looks like Christ is still suffering.

0:46:22 > 0:46:24But as you move along his body,

0:46:24 > 0:46:30his face changes, as though, at last, He has found peace.

0:46:38 > 0:46:46Out of the thousands of images of Christ in my country, this is the one that moves me most.

0:47:14 > 0:47:17Naples has many wonderful things,

0:47:17 > 0:47:22but I think its greatest cultural contribution to the world was pizza!

0:49:46 > 0:49:50Naples is full of tiny and ancient shops.

0:49:50 > 0:49:52They are called Bassi.

0:50:13 > 0:50:15This is a typical Neapolitan basso.

0:50:15 > 0:50:19A one-room house which is also a shop.

0:50:21 > 0:50:25Bassi have existed since medieval times.

0:50:26 > 0:50:30Today there are still over 40,000 of them,

0:50:30 > 0:50:35where entire families live and carry on their day to day business.

0:50:39 > 0:50:42But many bassi hold a secret.

0:50:47 > 0:50:50In this one lies the entrance to another world.

0:50:50 > 0:50:52You see, there are two Naples.

0:50:52 > 0:50:55The one we all know

0:50:55 > 0:50:58under the sun and another one - under my feet.

0:51:29 > 0:51:33Below the city are hundreds of tunnels and caves.

0:51:33 > 0:51:37Some of the tunnels are over 5000 years old,

0:51:37 > 0:51:42and were certainly used by the ancient Greeks.

0:51:48 > 0:51:51These tunnels are 40 metres deep.

0:51:51 > 0:51:54They stretch for over 100 kilometres.

0:51:54 > 0:51:58Listen! Complete silence.

0:51:59 > 0:52:03Quite a change from the loud hustle and bustle of the city above.

0:52:03 > 0:52:05It's spooky.

0:52:13 > 0:52:16The Romans continued to build the tunnels,

0:52:16 > 0:52:21into an ambitious system of canals and huge wells.

0:52:29 > 0:52:34All this kept the people of Naples supplied with water all year round.

0:53:03 > 0:53:08As I'm walking down the temperature slowly drops,

0:53:08 > 0:53:12and the tunnels are getting smaller and smaller.

0:53:12 > 0:53:15It's a little bit claustrophobic.

0:53:25 > 0:53:31During the Second World War these tunnels were used by people for shelter from air raids.

0:53:36 > 0:53:40There are stories of couples who got married here,

0:53:40 > 0:53:43women who gave birth...

0:53:43 > 0:53:46and many who died because of the bad air

0:53:46 > 0:53:48and the filthy conditions.

0:53:54 > 0:54:02All along these walls are reminders of the suffering of those people forced to live down here

0:54:02 > 0:54:04for weeks, sometimes even months.

0:54:08 > 0:54:10Look - "AIUTO"... "Help."

0:54:17 > 0:54:24Look at this graffiti - Mussolini - Hitler the world "vinceremo".

0:54:24 > 0:54:26We shall win.

0:54:26 > 0:54:28Well, not quite!

0:54:39 > 0:54:43But there's an even darker side to underground Naples.

0:54:43 > 0:54:49Crypts dating as far back as the 1600s.

0:54:59 > 0:55:04In 1656, Naples was hit by a terrible plague.

0:55:04 > 0:55:08At its peak 1,000 people were dying every day.

0:55:08 > 0:55:15There were so many bodies to bury, that they began dumping them in these caves beneath the city.

0:55:26 > 0:55:32It is believed there are many hundreds of thousands of the dead down here.

0:55:38 > 0:55:42Neapolitans have a strange relationship with death.

0:55:42 > 0:55:47They used to come to underground crypts like these and adopt a skull -

0:55:47 > 0:55:52keep it polished and put it in a box.

0:55:54 > 0:55:58They would cry for its death and pray for its soul.

0:55:58 > 0:56:03In exchange, they would ask the spirit to perform favours -

0:56:03 > 0:56:08heal a sick relative or give winning numbers for the lottery.

0:56:17 > 0:56:21In the end, the Church forbade these practices.

0:56:22 > 0:56:29And in the 1980s this section of underground Naples was closed to the public.

0:56:29 > 0:56:31Forever.

0:56:43 > 0:56:45Grazie.

0:56:47 > 0:56:51'I emerge into the church of San Gregorio Armeno.'

0:57:02 > 0:57:10The keeper is anxious for me to leave as quietly as possible - so no-one knows where I have been.

0:57:12 > 0:57:15Ah! Light again!

0:58:04 > 0:58:06# O sole

0:58:06 > 0:58:10# O sole mio

0:58:10 > 0:58:14# Sta 'nfronte a te

0:58:14 > 0:58:19# Sta 'nfronte a te! #

0:58:22 > 0:58:24Maybe I stop smoking!

0:58:24 > 0:58:30PAVAROTTI SINGS: # O sole mio

0:58:31 > 0:58:35# Sta 'nfronte a te

0:58:35 > 0:58:46# Sta 'nfronte a te! #

0:58:50 > 0:58:55In the last leg of my journey, the mystical south of Italy,

0:58:55 > 0:58:58where antiquity is revered,

0:58:58 > 0:59:01tradition honoured.

0:59:01 > 0:59:05'And at last, a fantastic homecoming,

0:59:07 > 0:59:10'as I arrive in the land of my mother.' Mama!