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Greenlit: Italy’s Invisible Cities, BBC1

Italy’s Invisible Cities (3 x 60′) – Alexander Armstrong and Dr Michael Scott embark on an adventure to explore the hidden treasures of three more of Italy’s astonishing cities – Naples, Venice and Florence – bringing a fascinating new insight into 2,000 years of history.

With an armoury of cutting-edge technology, including ultra-high-definition 3D scans, CGI and drone cameras, the two presenters reveal the secret spaces of these extraordinary cities in vivid detail, while winding their way through the beautiful Italian landscape.

They’ll dive in the Bay of Naples, where they’ll also see innovative new underwater scans revealing the sunken world of a Roman holiday resort, submerged by ancient earthquakes. They’ll visit the canals of Venice where they’ll explore what lies beneath its magnificent palazzos. In Florence, they’ll visit the great cathedral, ‘il Duomo’; new 3D images of the cathedral will reveal the beauty and complexity of the pioneering engineering behind the world’s biggest brick dome – a bold feat of ingenuity that defined the Renaissance.

Channel: BBC1

Producer: BBC

TX: TBC

Source: BBC press release