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00:00This behind me is Castello Orsini, a symbol of the city of Avezzano, from which the trail that will take us to the Gulf of Naples will start.
00:12We are in the center of Italy, on a high plateau surrounded by the Gran Sasso, from the National Park of Abruzzo.
00:16Very fertile land, rich in cultivated fields. Let's go and discover Avezzano!
00:20Hi, my name is Diego Gastaldi, I am a traveler and documentary filmmaker. This year I decided to follow the tour of Italy to discover the beauties of the beautiful country and the Made in Italy. Follow me!
00:34Hi Ernesto! Hi Diego! Welcome to Avezzano! Thank you!
00:48Here we are in the center of the old town, although here in Avezzano the concept of old is to be understood in a very limited way, because this city has a history that does not go beyond 100-109 years.
01:00Because it was completely destroyed by a disastrous earthquake that occurred on January 13, 1915.
01:0710,000 dead, 30,000 dead throughout Mars, so 80% of the population remained under the rubble and absolutely nothing remained of the city.
01:16What we see is the foundation of the bell tower of the cathedral of San Bartolomeo. It is the only thing that remained standing.
01:23See Diego, the signs of the earthquake are also evident in this fortified structure.
01:30This is the Castello Pizzi di Colonna, one of the symbols of the city. It had a high floor, but then it was no longer possible to rebuild it.
01:39And when they did a first restoration operation, World War II arrived. Bombings arrived and it was damaged again.
01:48We are on Monte Salviano, a height of 1,000 meters in height, which also dominates this whole scenario, the Conca del Fuscino.
01:57Here we are in a central position, in a natural nook, in an ecological nook.
02:03Look, there is a whole chain of mountains that make up the crown. These are the highest mountains of the Apennines, which exceed 2,500 meters.
02:10Today it is all protected territory. You see, all that part there is the National Park of Abruzzo.
02:16All this other part here is the regional park of Sirente Vellino.
02:20Then immediately behind here we have the park of Monti Simruini. Here we are in a reserve.
02:25Abruzzo is really the green region of Europe and we are in the heart of this green.
02:31There is a lot of cyclo-tourism in the Fuscino region, precisely because of the planned progress of the roads.
02:36In particular, there is a road called Circonfucenze, which is a sort of internal circumference to what once was the lake.
02:46Every day, hundreds of amateur tourists come here to carry out their sports activities.
02:53I also see a lot of cultivated land. I imagine this is a very fertile land.
02:57Keep in mind that this land has been under the surface of the lake for millions of years,
03:02so it has such characteristics that make it extremely suitable for cultivation.
03:07In fact, after the dry season, the Fuscino plain has become one of the areas with the highest intensity of agricultural production.
03:17We are in the archaeological area of the Cuniculi di Claudio, a very spectacular place.
03:22It is part of the engineering complex through which this great operation of drying the lake was carried out.
03:34The problem of the Fuscino lake was precisely that of being devoid of a natural emissary that allowed the water to flow.
03:44The solution that was chosen was to create a hypogean gallery that collected the water of the lake
03:52and then, passing under the mountain, allowed this water to be thrown into the nearby river Liri.
04:01This gallery is also frequented by numerous tourists,
04:05but the general plan is to carry out a comprehensive recovery of the lake's drying system,
04:13also giving the possibility of being able to access the level of the artificial emissary.
04:19Thank you very much. You showed me the city from the mountains to the underground. It was very instructive.
04:24It was a pleasure. Come back whenever you want. Avezzano is waiting for you.
04:28Now I'm going to see the underground Naples.
04:30All right. Have a nice ride.
04:32Bye.
04:36Naples, Italy
04:55And here we are in Naples, on the Flegrei fields.
04:57This behind me is the Mirabilis pool, which is the second largest tank built by the Romans, after that of Istanbul.
05:06The Mirabilis pool was the terminal tank of one of the main Roman aqueducts, the Augusteo aqueduct,
05:11which carried the water from the springs of Serino to Naples, a hundred kilometers away.
05:17Digged into the tufa, the wall structure, like the pillars, is covered with waterproofing material.
05:22Originally it was a drinking water tank, with the function of providing water for the numerous ships
05:28that were stranded in the port of Miseno, just outside the Gulf of Naples.
05:31The water was taken up with hydraulic machines through the wells made on the terrace and from here channeled towards the port.
05:54Hi Diego, welcome to Naples.
05:56Thank you.
05:57This is a very beautiful place, the Santa Maria alla Nova complex, which is one of the beauties of our city.
06:03Naples is a meeting place from the very beginning.
06:06It is a place where the Greeks arrived, then the Greeks met the Romans, the Slavs, the Spaniards, the French.
06:14So it is a natural meeting place, a place where people have brought their own history, their own culture, and have merged it together.
06:21It is an area that is rich in history, from the sea to the mountains of the inland through the Vesuvius.
06:27We think of Pompeii and the Fegrei Camps, so it is a place that you can discover every day.
06:35What is the future of Naples, everyone thinks.
06:37I believe that the future of Naples is in its past, in its ability to adapt to changes without losing its identity.
06:45We left Vezzano with Claudio's funiculi, great Roman works, until we arrived at Piscina Mirabilis, a huge cistern that supplied the ships with fresh water.
06:54Here is Monte Echia, where this city was founded for the first time with Parthenope.
06:59The first Greek colony in Naples was then conquered by the Romans, who made it the granary of Rome.
07:04See you tomorrow to visit Pompeii and the Vesuvius.
07:07Bye!
07:14To be continued...