Author David Macaulay hosts CATHEDRAL, based on his award-winning book. Using a combination of spectacular location sequences and cinema-quality animation, the program surveys France's most famous churches. Travel back to 1214 to explore the design of Notre Dame de Beaulieu, a representative Gothic cathedral. The program tells period tales revealing fascinating stories of life and death, faith and despair, prosperity, and intrigue.

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Documentary devoted to the architectural and urban planning designs of Le Corbusier. The architect s...

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Set during the early part of his reign, Ivan faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closes...

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