capital of culture. gallery owner vessel enough saeeda shows us her hometown close if it's also a place where different minorities meet as turkey. our main young people roma people and of course bog area and they are all proud of their almost 2000 year old roman feel top which hosts events throughout the summer there is more history in the archaeological museum the world famous pentagon rich t. treasure ritual thracian drinking vessels made of 6 kilograms of gold. in the center of the city gallery sorry it was one of the initiators of the exhibition listen to us one of the capital of culture events beaches contemporary art from europe spoken states. listen to us focuses on social issues including bulgaria's communist past and the situation of women. have to have is famous for its restored old town. watch your step in the old town and now high heels. the streets are narrow about wide enough the 2 loaded mules that once had to pass by one another. most of the buildings date back to the 19th century. like t

and we take a look around the world carrying city of plus one of this year's european capitals of culture. the month of may is a popular time to get married here in europe now if you listen carefully you will hear the wedding bells. since 2015 same sex couples have been able to marry in ireland and more and more countries all over the world are following suit taiwan of course being the latest or over the next few weeks we will be joining different couples from all over the world for the most important day of their lives and today we meet wayne and hater from ireland now they've been planning their big day for ages but will everything go off as simply as catching a wedding the k. but let's find out. ireland. not far from the capital don't let. your own tax reporter andrea scorn was supposed to meet the happy couple here but then he gets a worry call from them the tailor made suits for when cavanagh and hey torah will not be ready in time they have to find a replacement i can see there are some colors. that are similar to what we were looking at already so even used to suffocate it's for a

capital of culture. gallery owner vessel enough sorry you shows us her hometown crowd if it's also place where different minorities meet as a turkey. are many and people roma people and of course the area and they are all proud of their almost 2000 year old roman theater which hosts events throughout the summer there is more history in the archaeological museum the world famous pen a gritty treasure ritual thracian drinking vessels made of 6 kilograms of gold. in the center of the city gallery sorry it was one of the initiators it be exhibitionists listen to us one of the capital of culture events beaches contemporary art from europe spoken states. listen to us focuses on social issues including bulgaria's communist past and the situation of women. is famous for its restored old tower. what your steps in the old town and now high heels. the streets are narrow about wide enough for 2 loaded mules that once had to pass by one another. most of the buildings date back to the 19th century. like this. from a p

in two years this will be the european capital of culture but the ancient city of l.f. sina has lost its luster. it's currently home to a huge ship graveyard. burgeoning bureaucracy and a lack of funding or stifling cleanup operations. so when will the left ciena sparkle again. ninety minutes on d w. m p three it's a sex phone operator who works her masters thesis on the potato from her room to breathe. not a turn on well it's more words it was from their. literature list to determine the street. players. table. at this stage. on patrol. in a poker game of power and money the competition is fierce battles most important natural resource bluffing betting checking how long will they be able to play and who will win their school we believe that renewable energy will play an important role in the future. look. the geopolitical just starting. to tumble. this is t w news coming to you live from berlin but this whale expels germany's ambassador to the venezuelan government declares have done your kind of press on a nonprofit for backing opposition leader fund why dope despite

capital city of culture ok but now the u.s. code badge of honor if you like also comes with responsibilities to protect to maintain sinai what has happens if countries don't do this yeah ok you know he does have a few sort of tools to enforce the regulations around the protection of these sites they can put aside on an endangered list to warn countries that they have to protect that they can even remove a site from the list but in practice those kind of toothless i mean they don't tend to do. i mean a great example there is is venice i mean venice has been on the nasco world heritage site list since 1907 but of course venice is really threatened by these huge cruise ships these massive cruise ship see as as we see which are which which are really coming into the lagoon destroying the lagoon flooding the city with with with with tourists causing a lot of problems for locals make it also impossible for locals to even live in venice the locals have a lot. to remove venice from from the world heritage site this there's been a lot o

capital of culture it's been a long time coming this is a town unique for its honeycomb network of cave dwellings carved into limestone you may actually recognize these from films such as wonder woman or the passion of the christ people have been living in these caves since the cave people basically never came out of the caves now that was a big problem for the town because well into the twentieth century people were living in squalor in these caves they were living together with animals there was a huge infant mortality rate fifty percent people who are contracting the leiria parents couldn't close their children it was so bad that in the early one nine hundred fifty s. the prime minister of italy ordered thousands of people be evacuated from the city and it was essentially empty. life started coming back in the eighty's in the ninety's unesco declared materials oldtown a world heritage site and things have been getting better since now to the point that it's a place that tourists from all over the world want to get to know well if they can get their panties. the third easy to get that

has designated it as one this year's european capitals of culture but this is small community that it to become a tourist hot spot. i have no idea but he does this is david leavitt's from our culture desk a small welcome so walk us through that incredible transformation well it's a story that actually nine thousand years in the making materials one of the world's oldest cities it's particularly known for its caves for this honeycomb network of cave dwellings we're about to see there carved into the limestone you may actually recognize these from such films as wonder woman or the passion of the christ that were filmed here people have been living in these caves basically since there were cave people. metairie never really came out of the caves and that's been the city's problem or was the problem until not that long ago people were living in these caves in squalor until the middle of the twentieth century together with donkeys and chickens they had malaria was a huge threat parents often couldn't afford to clothe their children infant mortality was at fifty percent it was so bad that i

cultures and today we're going as far east as you can get your to the russian capital moscow and its most visited land rights. red square the beating heart of russia some say it looks most impressive at night time bathed in artificial light behind this store is the kremlin the center of russia's power it's thick walls forming one side of the square. the opposite side is lined by the legendary google department store today well to do russians come here to shop. of the squares north west end is the historical museum at the other end what may well be moscow's most beautiful building the 16th century st basil's cathedral with its sumptuous onion domes its architect is said to have been blinded by tsar even the terrible so he would never design anything greater. red square is a landmark surrounded by monuments it measures 500 metres by 150 meters and was listed as a unesco world cultural heritage site in 1900. several 1000000 tourists cross red square each year most of them taking photos of the square home with family. a favorite backdrop is the lennon maza liam in front of the kremlin's