00:00I'm Paolo Bettini, I'm Giri d'Italia and I've done so many, but this,
00:03I'll discover the beautiful country and the excellent world in Italy,
00:06I'll do it with calmness. And I won't be alone, with me there will be Marianella Bargili.
00:10And we'll discover more beautiful theater in Italy.
00:17La Giulia Italia, we're at Durazzo, great start of the Giro d'Italia.
00:21Well, it works because of Durazzo where do you go?
00:25All right, first step, Durazzo-Tirana.
00:29Durazzo-Tirana, beautiful, I've never been there.
00:31All right, let's discover the beauties of this country.
00:33Yes!
00:44First step, Durazzo-Tirana.
00:47Durazzo tells the story of Albania and his special relationship with Italy.
00:52Hi, Rieger.
00:58Hi guys, welcome to Durazzo.
01:02I'll be your guide.
01:03Let's start from here.
01:05Near the Venice Tower.
01:07Where are we?
01:08Where are we?
01:09Where are we?
01:10We're at the Venice Tower.
01:11We're at the Venice Tower, a multimedia museum that tells the whole story of Durazzo,
01:15in Albanese, Durus.
01:17It's a millennial story.
01:19This city has the same age as the eternal city, Rome.
01:24From the second century BC, to the end of the IV sec.
01:30We have the Roman Empire and then the Byzantine period, the Venezian period.
01:36We have the Roman Empire and then the Roman Empire, the Roman Empire, the Roman Empire and then
01:43we are at the modern times, the Roman Empire.
01:48We have the Roman Empire and then we arrive to the modern times.
01:51Here we see all this very long story of Durazzo and how it is designed for the future.
02:02This city has also a theater.
02:05It's also an amphitheater.
02:08It's built by Roman Empire in the second century BC.
02:11It's one of the biggest in all of the Balkans.
02:17And this?
02:18And this is my fault!
02:20It has a capacity of about 15.000 viewers.
02:25It's absolutely our national pride.
02:29And you said there is a restoration project.
02:32Yes!
02:33It's just like that.
02:34It's going forward a restoration project.
02:36It's going forward to recover the entire area.
02:39In the inside and outside.
02:41Also outside of the amphitheater.
02:43And here we are in one of the most ancient churches in all Albania.
02:55It comes from the VI sec.
02:58And here, in front of you, is this beautiful mosaic of the Byzantine period.
03:06Which represents the various saints of the Christian Church.
03:10But what do you listen to?
03:12The singing of Muezzin!
03:13Muezzin!
03:14Yes!
03:15Here in Albania we are so proud of having this relationship between different religions.
03:21That is, we have Muslims, we have Christians,
03:24who have lived and lived in peace between different religions.
03:28And here we are in the main city of Durazo.
03:31And here we are in the main city of Durazo.
03:33And here we are in the main city of Durazo.
03:35It is called Liria.
03:36Which means, in our language, freedom.
03:37And here we are in the main city of Durazo.
03:38It is one of the oldest indigenous churches in Durazo.
03:40It is one of the main cities of Durazo.
03:41And here we are now in the main city of Durazo.
03:45And here we are now in the main city of Durazo.
03:51It is named, in our language, freedom.
03:53And here we are of the last place of Durazo.
03:54The last building of Durazo.
03:55And here it is, right to the end of the first piece.
03:59The second building of Durazo.
04:00The historic city of Durazo.
04:02It is located in the first place of Durazo.
04:05Durazo, which was built by Italian architects and engineers in the 30s of the century.
04:12Yes, but now we have to go to Tirana, which is?
04:15Yes, always straight and go to Tirana, the last modern page of our ancient millenaries.
04:25You were very gentle, thank you!
04:27Thank you and go to the next stage!
04:35Tirana is presented as a city-cantiere, modern and innovative.
04:55Hello, Frida!
05:06Good morning, good morning, Piatere!
05:09We have just arrived from Durazo, where we admired the re-qualification of the amphitheater,
05:14but we have seen, along the way to reach Tirana, a nation in full evolution.
05:20Well, absolutely yes, and welcome to Tirana!
05:23Thank you!
05:24It's a pleasure to have you here.
05:26We are at the center of the square, the square Skanderbeck, the square most important in Albania, not only for Tirana.
05:33It's symbolic, re-qualified in 2017.
05:36Before it was all occupied by traffic, a big rotation for cars, now, instead, it's a pedestrian space.
05:44And here we have the names of all the natural stones that were used to cover the pavement of the square.
05:52We have the names of caves, of cities, so we can distinguish the characteristics of each cave,
05:59but also make sure that this square has the contribution of all Albania.
06:04This point, where we are, has a slight slope, so we are in a inclined plane, this is the highest point,
06:11and we don't feel more under the buildings.
06:14It's a inverted perspective.
06:17Now, the citizen is at the center of the square,
06:20it's a square,
06:22and the living in that yard,
06:23and the places that the area is not representing the power.
06:24But we are praying to the people that are more than this.
06:26We're asking ourselves,
06:27but it looks like a face.
06:29Yes, it's a face.
06:30It's a face.
06:32And it's beautiful because it unies our history with architecture contemporaneous architecture.
06:38It represents a face of the national hero of an Albanian national.
06:43It is discussed the dynamism that this city and this energy that it has, this desire
06:52of citizens to take the best to recover maybe those 50 years in which we have been isolated,
06:58closed and now we want everything, for this we can say that there is an army of international architects
07:08and everywhere in the city you can see new buildings that will become another part of our history
07:18of contemporary architecture. What is beautiful is that there is a rouge fil rouge between Italy and Germany
07:24still today and for Tirana, for example, the regulatory plan was given by Boeri.
07:31We had thought of making this green cintura around the city and building only the entire city,
07:36but in Tirana ormai it is all already done.
07:38The green cintura, the cyclable pistols, so a slow mobility mobility.
07:44Tirana is now becoming a green city that, I assure you, seemed like a dream impossible.
07:49Tirana, especially in the last 10 years, has exploded.
07:53There are some buildings here in Tirana created by his studio, one you can see in the block,
08:00il cubo d'oro. Anche altri architetti italiani come per esempio Marco Casamonti ha realizzato
08:08il nuovo stadio di Tirana. Grazie Prida, grazie a voi. Grazie e noi continuiamo il giro alla scoperta di questa magia. Buon giro!
08:22Allora, dal palcoscenico dell'anfiteatro di Durazzo alla piazza di Tirana. Cosa preferisci?
08:31Io sono uomo di mare e a me la città di Durazzo non è dispiaciuta. Anche se arrivare qui a Tirana con
08:39tutti questi cantieri, questa evoluzione, le novità, il futuro e scoprire che c'è tantissima Italia. E ora che si fa?
08:46Come che si fa? Rimaniamo qua! Che fatica! Ho capito, domani seconda tappa a Tirana.
09:16Grazie a tutti!
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