capital of culture stuff it's all through 2019. a new documentary film about the legendary opera singer luciano pavarotti's explores the musical genius of the 20th century's most successful tenor . and on the high end restaurant scene is no longer just about food but also about fashion as establishment up their game with stylish duds. well it's listed by many travel advisers as a destination to visit in 2019 and nearly halfway through its run as a european capital of culture so time to get cracking garia 2nd largest city is often overlooked by tourists as they savor the more quirky post soviet charm of the country's capital sofia but it's a 1000 year history and beautiful roman ruins is seizing the opportunity to use culture as a binding thread for its social fabric. commanche a city has a turbulent history it was once wrong.

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the italian city of metairie has kicked off its year is the european capital of culture once one of italy's poorest cities metairie is in the midst of a tourist and is poised to play host to a variety of cultural events in twenty nine taking at the core of the city's turnaround of its ancient cave homes wants to ride it as a national disgrace enough fueling a mini renaissance. materie marked the beginning of its tenure as europe's capital of culture with a nighttime celebration today the city of sixty thousand residents is best known for its ancient cave dwelling. but in the past materia had a reputation for high levels of extreme poverty. located in an economically backward part of this really materials raise of infant mortality used to be fifty percent living conditions were cramped up until the one nine hundred sixty s. residents often lived side by side with farm animals inside the cold and caves but now there is optimism a terrace fortunes will be brighter yes i'm hopeful that things will change now our children have long departed i hope that more jobs will be attracted. since the one

every year the european union designates a couple of cities as the european capital of culture and this last week canceled the official opening of this. in bug area is to raise the profile of cities off the beaten path with a new re of cultural events throughout the year here's a look at. garion dresses. as i promised to really take on. today is here to get a small welcome got a nice to see. what was going on there looked a wonderful but what was it so that was a procession of what's called kooky which are men and women who dress up in these incredibly elaborate costumes often made out of fur or even feathers traditionally they parade or dance through the towns and villages and scare away the evil spirits around new year but also directly before lent and the kookery itself is actually a divinity personifying fecundity so their visit means obviously it's going to bring good health and hopefully a good harvest and it's there are similar traditions all across the balkans so to look very colorful of a pretty and attractive but what makes loved it so special lots of things and well first of

shaven now much of his fortunes are changing as it becomes one of two european capitals of culture of the twenty nine and is hoping to attract thousands of this is. much of my terror is built in and around caves where people lived without electricity or running water until the mid twentieth century terra was long considered an eyesore but now the unique way it fits into its environment has made it famous. terror of us perhaps chosen as a captive of culture because it's such an example of native practice this city wasn't built in one architectural style but it developed from day to day in real life. part of the capital of culture celebrations is a dance performance called the atlas of emotions it explores aspects of how the residents of my terra live choreographer headache says it shows how unity locally might serve as an example for europe. especially now that things are somehow falling apart i have the sense that it's a unifying project. we connect to the shoe make it to the bacon and so on everyone has these emotions here. tara officially begins its year as one of europe's two capit

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the city of blood david pogue area has kicked off if he asked the european capital of culture eighty fifty thousand people gathered on the main square to watch the opening festivities of divisible garry's old the city of various cultural landmarks dating back to ancient greek roman and ottoman here. while the saudi teenager fleeing alleged abuse by her family has now found safety in canada is for the long odyssey photographed muhammad out qunu and she was planning to seek asylum in australia but was stopped on route. and threatened vinyl is safe in her new home and it was glad you were able to. use this you want to read you so you get to keep lester you and use your hands on the refuge she took herself and is laying low danger on january fifth the eighteen year old arrived at bangkok airport from kuwait she defied thai authorities by barricading herself in a hotel room to avoid being returned to saudi arabia she said she feared for life after her family threatened her for renouncing islam an accusation ripoffs father later rejected rafa drew attention to her plight on social media qu

the city of plouff to evade boag areas kicks off its year as the european capital of culture nine hundred fifty thousand people gathered on the main square to watch the opening festivities of devas bo garry's oldest city and boasts cultural landmarks dating back to the greek roman and of when you see. the saudi teenager fleeing alleged abuse by her family has now found safety in canada it's been a long odyssey for a half mohammed a canoe and she was planning to seek asylum in australia but was stopped on route of the bangkok airport and threatened with deportation of the days of uncertainty it was canadian officials who offered her a new home. run household canoe and briefly appeared before the press at toronto airport but was too exhausted to take questions after a dramatic journey she's finally safe in her new home and it was glad that you were able to. see a lot of the rescue so you get to keep them lest you and use your aunt often refer to the person you sling mud. on january fifth the eighteen year old arrived at bangkok airport from kuwait she defied thai authorities by barricading

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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

metropolis of crime. starts january twenty ninth. on g.w. . the capital of the. group. either welcome to a new week of euro max your daily dose of european lifestyle and culture here on v.w. and today special where showcasing the best that germany has to offer is what's coming up. visit the vikings site so who is a unesco world heritage sites in northern germany.

symbol of european culture a dove was disappearing in the flames and that's exactly how it is felt it feels like it's much bigger than only a french cultural heritage building you know that's a sentiment we've seen over and over again on twitter it's a collective symbol of our civilization of our heritage we just we're seeing some live pictures there again this morning let's bring in barbara bays will who's in paris back into the discussion barbara you know plans are now as we heard from the french president to rebuild not to don is there any sense at this point how long or how expensive bet undertaking could be. it will take very very long many many years because this is a very difficult and detailed work you're going to need all the artists that friends still haven't even hasn't even draft some from other countries because the whole roof structure which is huge this is sixty meters high and it is more than one hundred meters long will have to be rebuilt and the whole interior renovated and then the structural damage that has been done to what we can still see standing up there hasn'