Great feats of architecture built throughout history feature in this series of lectures, all of which are perfect examples in their cultures: the Parthenon in Athens, built to rule over the Acropolis; the Great Mosque of Córdoba, a symbol of the wealth of the Umayyad Caliphate in Al-Andalus; Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, the spiritual home of the Byzantine Empire; the Kukulcán Pyramid (Chichén Itzá), a legacy of the Maya civilisation; the Sistine Chapel, St Peter’s Basilica, the most lively and richest example from the Italian Renaissance; the controversial Eiffel Tower, which went from being considered an “iron monster” to becoming a symbol of France and Paris; the Barcelona Pavilion, a canonical piece of modern architecture; and finally, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, a landmark of the avant-garde and of twentieth-century urban renovation.

Art historians, archaeologists, architects, philologists and engineers will analyse the architecture of these monuments, their meaning, aesthetic perception in their time and the reasons why even today they are considered essential pieces that narrate the history of humanity.

This series will be streaming on Channel March: www.march.es/directo/?l=2