Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions

  • Premiered: May 2000
  • Episodes: 169
  • Followers: 2
  • Ended
  • PBS
  • Unknown
  • Documentary Travel

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Season 6
6x1
Atlantic City, New Jersey
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Apr 01, 2006
In 1854, two real estate promoters turned a windswept island off the coast of New Jersey into America's favorite seaside resort. Burt Wolf looks at the history of Atlantic City, .. show full overview
6x2
Dublin, Ireland
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Apr 08, 2006
For over 700 years Dublin lived under foreign domination. Today, however, it is an independent Republic with one of the highest per capita incomes in Europe and a fashionable destination .. show full overview
6x3
The Lands of St. Patrick, Ireland
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Apr 15, 2006
During the 5th century, Saint Patrick arrived in Ireland and changed the course of the nation's history. Burt Wolf investigates the real story of Patrick's life, visits Patrick's .. show full overview
6x4
The Abbeys of Austria
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Apr 22, 2006
As boats sail west on the Danube River, from the Austrian city of Vienna, they stop at some of the most magnificent monasteries in Europe. The abbeys at Melk and Klosterneuburg are two .. show full overview
6x5
The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago, Spain
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Apr 29, 2006
A pilgrimage is a trip to a place that was made holy by a special event, or because it held a magical object, or both. People have been making pilgrimages for tens of thousands of years, .. show full overview
6x6
Santiago De Compostela, Spain
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May 06, 2006
Today, sacred travel is more popular than it has been since the Middle Ages. Each year, millions of people travel to the world's holy sites, and one of the most popular destinations is .. show full overview
6x7
Siena, Italy
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May 13, 2006
During the 9th century, the hill town of Siena in central Italy became a major stopping point on the road between Rome and Paris. During the 12th century, the city began building a .. show full overview
6x8
Assisi, Italy
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May 20, 2006
The town of Assisi, in the center of Italy was built on a hill that has been inhabited for about 4,000 years, and for almost as long it has been a religious center. They say that the .. show full overview
6x9
Stamp Collecting, China
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May 27, 2006
Collecting things might be part of an innate human desire to own stuff---to gather physical evidence of our lives and the natural world around us, and for thousands of years, people have .. show full overview
6x10 Season finale
Chimayo, New Mexico
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Jun 03, 2006
In the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in northern New Mexico there is a small adobe sanctuary that is visited by over 300,000 people each year. It is known as the "Lourdes of America", and .. show full overview

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