Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery: Season 13
Season 13 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery Season 12.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 13 Progress Shield
Australia - The Continent of Challenges
Apr 13, 2013 · 117 min
An extraordinary journey by Alberto Angela to the continent furthest from us and perhaps the least known: Australia. Why was it discovered just 250 years ago? Why are there animals
The Mountains of Fire
Apr 20, 2013 · 113 min
Humans have always coexisted with volcanoes. Throughout history, mountains of fire have been revered, loved, hated, and always feared. Volcanoes have shaped our planet, influencing
Versailles - A Day in the Life of a King
Apr 27, 2013 · 114 min
In this episode of Ulisse, Alberto Angela offers viewers a truly special journey to Europe's most prestigious palace, Versailles, during the reign of Louis XV. Sixty years of reign
Roma Amor - Passion in Ancient Rome
May 4, 2013 · 117 min
"Roma amor: as the ancient Romans loved" is a journey into a vanished world, much talked about but little known. Many curiosities await: how did people kiss 2,000 years ago in the
The Senses of Life
May 11, 2013 · 110 min
With Alberto Angela, we explore our five senses: we try to understand how they work, what they can reveal to us and what is beyond their reach, and how they differ from those of so
The Cycles of Life
May 18, 2013 · 114 min
Ulysses journeys through rites, celebrations, and ceremonies. In every society, ancient or modern, Western or far removed from us, people have developed rituals, sacred or profane,
The Treasures of the Egyptian Museum of Turin (Second Version)
May 25, 2013 · 107 min
In this episode, we journey back to a distant past to discover one of the most fascinating civilizations of the past: Egypt. And we'll do so without leaving Italy. Indeed, here in
India of Wonders (Second Version)
Jun 1, 2013 · 111 min
An extraordinary journey through the places, colors and sounds of India's wonders. Together with Alberto Angela, we visit mausoleums, temples and princely residences of Mughals and
Francesco of Assisi - The Surprises of His Life and His Time
Oct 5, 2013 · 121 min
The life of an extraordinary man, told through the frescoes of a great artist, the churches and squares of a stunning city, the places and testimonies of a unique and unrepeatable
The Wonders of the Sky
Oct 12, 2013 · 111 min
Have you ever thought that when we breathe a little bit of heaven enters each of us? But what exactly is the sky? Is it possible to be struck by lightning out of the blue? What exa
Splendors of Sicily
Oct 19, 2013 · 121 min
From the summit of Mount Etna to the sea depths of the Aegadian Islands: Alberto Angela explores Sicily's treasures. A journey through the island's myths and history, from Homeric
The Tower of Babel
Oct 26, 2013 · 113 min
A trip to Mesopotamia, the land between the Tigre and the Euphrates, corresponding more or less to present-day Iraq: this is what Alberto Angela offers us. The oldest civilization
The Sistine Chapel and Its Secrets
Nov 2, 2013 · 116 min
The wonders of the Sistine Chapel and the secrets of Michelangelo: this is the fascinating journey Alberto Angela offers us in Ulysses, the pleasure of discovery. It's been 450 yea
Venice - A Journey Through the Treasures of the Grand Canal (Second Version)
Nov 9, 2013 · 114 min
In this episode, Alberto Angela invites you on a short but fascinating journey: the barely four kilometers of the Grand Canal, to discover the many extraordinary buildings that ove
The Secret Story of Trajan's Column (Second Version)
Nov 16, 2013 · 120 min
We tell you a gripping story, one that changed the destinies of millions of people over the centuries. This evening, we journey to the borders of the Roman Empire to recount the mo
An Unusual Journey into the Human Body (Second Version)
Nov 23, 2013 · 118 min
A great journey inside the human body. There is nothing more familiar, yet more mysterious, than this perfect machine that can do things no machine invented by man could ever accom
Pearl Harbor. A Minute-by-Minute History
Nov 30, 2013 · 111 min
On the morning of December 7, 1941, Japanese planes destroyed the American fleet in Pearl Harbor. How did this attack come about? For what reasons? What weapons were used? What wer