Ten Beautiful Italian Cities
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1h 3m
Dr. Rocky Ruggiero
Join Dr. Rocky for this webinar where he will examine the artistic and historical identities of ten Italian cities that helped shape the course of Western civilization. Much of the extraordinary artistic and architectural production that accompanied each city’s “golden age” still survives today and serves as testimony to their former greatness.
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