Galway, Ireland 戈尔韦城

Galway has been dub bed the Gateway to the West. For hundreds of years, this was a modest fishing village, then in the 13th century, the English wised up to the area's strategic spot on the water. 14

Villa Rothchilds, France 罗杰别墅

The Villa is one of the few places on the Riviera where you can tour a grand Belle Epoque mansion. It was built for the Baroness Ephrussi de Rothschild in the early 1900s. She supervised and directed

Koln and the Rhine River 科隆古城

Goods flowed down this riverway from France and Switzerland on their way to the sea for transshipment all over Europe. Nobles along the way collected tolls, but big profits could still be made by whol

Alistair Cooke 广播传奇库克

Good evening, I don't know if it made the stir outside the United States that it'd made here, but last Monday night, the big headline in the evening papers and on the telly was one that the poor fello

Rothenburg, Germany 罗腾堡,德国

There has been a settlement here since about 500 B.C., but Rothenburg didn't really come into its own until the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf the First, chartered it as a free imperial city in 1274. Rothe

The Fauve Artists 野兽派

In 1976, two local art collectors donated their outstanding collection of modern art to the town of Troyes. The works of the artists known as

The Blues 蓝调百年之旅

I can't imagine my life or anyone else’s without music. It's like a light in the darkness that never goes out. The blues takes you back to the place where it first came to life. There is an old Afri

Prague's Old Town 布拉格小区

As you leave the castle area, you can stroll through the Malá Strana or Lesser Quarter tuck ed at the foot of the hill. The neighborhood, one of the best preserved in the city, prospered when upper-c

The Queens Castle 温莎：女王的城堡

Windsor castle, of all Britain's royal palaces, none is older, larger or more loved. This magnificent thousand-year-old fortress is no museum -- it's a vast, living castle. Home to the Queen since chi

In Search of Shakespeare 寻找莎士比亚

Like all stories from history, this is a search for ghosts -- a quest for the people who made us what we are, and for one man in particular. William Shakespeare is the most famous writer of all time,

The Genius of Mozart 天才莫扎特

(Vienna 1785) My son was hail ed by all of Vienna not only as a great pianist, but as one of the greatest and most controversial composers of his time. But I saw it first. I nurtured that talent in hi

Elizabeth I 伊丽莎白一世

In January,1559, Elizabeth I was crowned Queen of England. She was the last of the Great Tudor dynasty, a bright star who dazzled both the nation and the world. The achievement of most stars fades qui

Domaine Dujac Winery 杜佳酒厂

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In Search of Irish Gold 寻找爱尔兰金库

The ancient landscape of Ireland is steeped in myths and legends. Some go back 3000 years into the mystery of its Bronze Age people. They left behind hoards of extraordinary work in gold. But nobody k

Romantic Verona, Italy 意大利-维罗那

North of the Arena , the old town streets lead inevitably to the Piazza delle Erbe. Once the site of a Roman Forum, the Piazza is still the city’s hub , a marketplace, gathering place and shopping m

A History of Britain 英国史

From its earliest days, Britain was an object of desire. Tacitus declared it

Brief History of Disbelief 无神论简史

This series is about the disappearance of something, religious faith. It's the story of what is often referred to as atheism , the history of the growing conviction that God doesn't exist. Given the f

Noah and the Great Flood 诺亚方舟

The story of Noah building an ark to save his family and save thousands of animals from a flood which destroys all life on earth is an epic from many people's childhoods. It's a wonderful story found

The Future of Food 食物的未来

We used to be a nation of farmers. But now it’s less than two percent of the population in the United States. And so, a lot of us don’t know what it takes to grow food. Over 12 thousand years ago

Days That Shook The World 惊世一刻

The pioneers of flight have captured public imagination, but the history of aviation is a catalogue of human tragedy and technical disaster. The catastrophic loss of the Hindenburg airship, and the dr