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Francesco's Mediterranean Voyage poster
📺 Series

Francesco's Mediterranean Voyage

📅 2008 🕐 30m GB GB

Venetian architect and historian Francesco da Mosto sets out from Venice to cross the Mediterranean - following in the wake of his ancestor, the explorer Alvise da Mosto - to discover the cities and islands where Western civilization was born. Sailing in a late nineteenth-century yawl, his journey starts in Venice and finishes in Istanbul. Along the way he takes in spectacular ruins, like the Acropolis in Athens and the Lycian Tombs in Turkey; sacred sites like the monasteries of Mount Athos and the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul; and beautiful Dubrovnik (destroyed and rebuilt in the last decade). Ancient history and bygone legends intertwine as Francesco visits these wonderful ancient sites, bringing the past vividly to life, and taking viewers on a thrilling cultural odyssey.

Seasons & Episodes
Series 1 12 episodes
E1
Arrivederci Venezia 2008-07-08
E2
Istria and Split 2008-07-09
E3
Bosnia and Dubrovnik 2008-07-15
E4
Montenegro and Albania 2008-07-16
E5
Corfu and Greece 2008-07-22
E6
The Gulf of Corinth 2008-07-23
E7
The Peloponnese 2008-07-30
E8
The Cyclades 2008-07-30
E9
Crete 2008-08-06
E10
The Dodecanese 2008-08-06
E11
The Dardanelles 2008-08-13
E12
Istanbul 2008-08-13
Cast
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