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Title: Francesco's Venice : Complete BBC Series
Format: DVD
Condition: New
Number Of Discs: 2
Actors: Francesco Da Mosto
Audio Language: English
Runtime: 3 hours and 55 minutes
Region Code: DVD: 2 (Europe, Japan, Middle East...)
Studio: 2 Entertain Video
Subtitle Language: English
Certificate: BBFC 15
Description: A breathtaking journey through the ages, telling the story of one of the world's most famous and beautiful cities. This lavish, landmark series explores how a place with no firm ground, no crops, no indigenous riches and no land army came to snatch success from the jaws of failure time and time again - right up to the present day. Step back in time to early Venice, recreated by the magic of CGI. See wooden houses on stilts replaced by the daring rebuild in stone and brick.

Witness the sacking of Constantinople and the Venice of Casanova, Napoleon, Byron and Mussolini. The stunning recreations and dramatisations in each episode are enriched by insights from charismatic aristocrat, architect and historian Francesco da Mosto. His family has lived in Venice for over a thousand years and, far from having that sinking feeling, he believes passionately in the future of this miraculous city...

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