Aldimar Video Productions
About this original series
As producers of travel, tourism and commercial videos we have the occasion to travel to many interesting places. While we have produced videos of Nepal and other locations, our heart (and appetite) rest in Italy. We are a husband and wife team that enjoy traveling and sharing our experiences.We may be contacted at our web site www.aldimarvp.com or at our specific to Italy web site www.videosofitaly.com.
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# Episodes
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Rating
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Episodes of Aldimar Video Productions
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The Name: Italia - trailer
It was twenty-one hundred years ago that Italy (Italia) got its name. ; The name evolved from an interesting series of political and social events which ended in a war between allies, known as the “Social War”. This documentary, videoed on location in central Italy,
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Release date
Feb 10, 2011
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Runtime
04:28
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MONUMENTS of ROME: Easter 2009, Piazza San Pietro
Easter Sunday mass with the Pope in Saint Peter's square is a spectacular event that draws tens of thousands of spectators. The piazza was designed so that the greatest number of people could see the Pope give his blessing, either from the middle of the fa?ade of the church or from a window in the Vatican Palace. Established in 1929, Vatican City covers 108 acres and is the smallest sovereign state in the world. The city is surrounded by walls and is closed off to the public except for for Pia...
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Release date
Jan 14, 2011
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Runtime
02:56
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MONUMENTS of ROME: Piazza Venezia
Il Vittoriano, Victor Emmanuel Monument or Altar of the Nation, is an inescapable landmark of Rome. Piazza Venezia, on which it is situated, is the geographic heart of Rome, from which all distances from Rome are calculated. It is also the juncture of the principal crossroads of city traffic. The piazza stands at the beginning of Via Flaminia, the ancient road which leads east across Italy to the Adriatic Sea. A portion of this road connects Piazza Venezia with Piazza del Popolo and is known a...
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Release date
Jan 14, 2011
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Runtime
01:05
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MONUMENTS of ROME: Piazza Navona
Everything that makes Rome unique is compressed into this one Baroque piazza. It is one of the most famous, and arguably the most beautiful in Rome. Rectangular in shape it hosts Bernini sculptures, three magnificent fountains and a lot of space for people to gather and enjoy life in the Italian style. The piazza still looks pretty much as it did in the 17th century The piazza sits over the ruins of the 15th century stadium of Domitian where they held athletic events and chariot races. The sta...
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Release date
Jan 14, 2011
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Runtime
03:04
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MONUMENTS of ROME: The Spanish Steps
The Spanish steps derive their name from the Spanish Embassy to the Vatican on the piazza. However, the monumental stairway, of 138 steps, was built with funds from the French in 1723. The fan shaped steps connect the Trinit? dei Monti (Trinit? Church) at the top of the hill with the piazza below in three landings (banked with pots of azaleas from mid April to mid May). The Spanish Steps is one of the most famous images in the world. At the foot of the stairs is the Fontana della Barcaccia (Fo...
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Release date
Jan 14, 2011
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Runtime
01:42
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MONUMENTS of ROME: Piazza della Repubblica
This broad square was laid out in the late 1800s and includes the exuberant ?Fontana delle Naiadi?. This grand fountain has many voluptuous bronze ladies wrestling happily with marine monsters. When the Pope unveiled the fountain in 1870 it had four lions. The lions were removed and the nude figures were added in 1901. The nudes caused a scandal since they were modeled after the ample figures of two musical comedy stars of the day. The square owes its shape to the curving colonnaded neoclassic...
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Release date
Jan 14, 2011
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Runtime
01:50
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MONUMENTS of ROME: Piazza Popolo
This immense square is a famed landmark in Rome. It features a central obelisk and twin churches. It gets its name from the 15th century church: Santa Maria del Popolo. Its current architecture is due to Giuseppe Valadier who designed it arounhd 1820. It marks the northern entrance to the city where all roads converged. Since this was what visitors, many of them pilgrims, saw as their first impression of the Eternal City, Piazza del Popolo has been a special project of Popes and architects for...
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Release date
Jan 14, 2011
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Runtime
01:19
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MONUMENTS of ROME: The Pantheon
The Pantheon was commissioned by Marcus Agrippa as a temple to all the gods of ancient Rome in 27 BC. It was subsequently rebuilt by Emperor Hadrian in about 120 AD. Almost two thousand years after it was built, the Pantheon?s dome is still the world?s largest unreinforced concrete dome. The diameter of the dome is equal to its height and the opening in the ceiling (oculus) is 30 feet in diameter. A rectangular structure links the portico with the rotunda. It is one of the best preserved of al...
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Release date
Jan 14, 2011
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Runtime
01:12
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MONUMENTS of ROME: Roman Forum
This extraordinary archaeological complex was once the heart of Republican Rome, the austere enclave that preceded the hedonistic society that grew up under the emperors in the 1st to 4th centuries AD. It began as a marshy valley between the Capitoline and Palatine hills, a valley crossed by a mud track and used as a cemetery by Iron Age settlers. Over the years a market center and some huts were established here, and after the land was drained in the 6th century BC, the site eventually became...
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Release date
Jan 14, 2011
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Runtime
04:08
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MONUMENTS of ROME: The Trevi Fountain, Palazzo P...
The Trevi Fountain is the largest baroque fountain in the city, and it is one of the most famous fountains in the whole world. A fountain at this location was originally designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1692 under Pope Urban VIII, but was never competed due to the Pope?s death. Nicola Salvi began work on a new fountain in 1732, however he died in 1751 with the fountain unfinished. Pietro Bracci completed the fountain in 762. It is the custom to toss a coin over your shoulder, with your back...
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Release date
Jan 14, 2011
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Runtime
01:19
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