From PBS :The dome that crowns Florence’s great cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore—the Duomo—is a towering masterpiece of Renaissance ingenuity and an enduring source of mystery. Still the largest masonry dome on earth after more than six centuries, it is taller than the Statue of Liberty and weighs as much as an average cruise ship. Historians and engineers have long debated how its secretive architect, Filippo Brunelleschi, managed to keep the dome perfectly aligned and symmetrical as the sides rose and converged toward the center, 40 stories above the cathedral floor. His laborers toiled without safety nets, applying novel, untried methods. Over 4 million bricks might collapse at any moment—and we still don’t understand how Brunelleschi prevented it. To test the latest theories, a team of U.S. master bricklayers will help build a unique experimental model Duomo using period techniques. Will it stay intact during the final precarious stages of closing over the top of the dome?

朝圣者在日食之时来到神秘的大教堂门外。 拄着手杖，他洞开可教堂的大门。教堂里充满诡异且压抑的气氛，两旁林立着枯槁的神像。神像的脸追随着朝圣者的步伐转动，朝圣者穿过神像，来到悬崖边上。 这时日食过去，阳光透过林立的枯槁神像射向朝圣者。那光芒明亮耀眼，直刺向朝圣者的胸膛。

一位独生子对一个美国家庭二十多年来兴衰的沉思性的、印象主义的陈述。

'If buildings could talk, what would they say about us?' Cathedrals of Culture offers six startling responses to this question. This 3D film project about the soul of buildings allows six iconic and very different buildings to speak for themselves, examining human life from the unblinking perspective of a manmade structure. Six acclaimed filmmakers bring their own visual style and artistic approach to the project. Buildings, they show us, are material manifestations of human thought and action: the Berlin Philharmonic, an icon of modernity; the National Library of Russia, a kingdom of thoughts; Halden Prison, the world’s most humane prison; the Salk Institute, a scientific monastery on the California coast; the Oslo Opera House, a futuristic symbiosis of art and life; and the Centre Pompidou, a modern culture machine. Cathedrals of Culture explores how each of these landmarks reflects our culture and guards our collective memory.

他们就在那儿，过去33年来一直是柏林一个社区的成员。他们呆呆地凝视着外面的太空，或者盯着核反应堆闪烁的灯光，仿佛那是一堆噼啪作响的篝火。今天，在打开每月运送补给的火箭时，我们发现了一个迷人的年轻人，穆利根……

在14世纪的巴塞罗那，一名农奴决心要获得财富和自由，但却遭到了贵族阶层的鄙夷和宗教法庭的怀疑。

Alicia is a 42-year-old-woman whose grief has caused her estrangement from society. Her world is turned upside down when 14-year-old Chief, a young boy who looks after people’s cars, stumbles into her house bleeding

纪录片按照罗马式和哥特式建筑时期展开，介绍了美因茨、沃尔姆斯、施派尔、斯特拉斯堡、弗赖堡和乌尔姆的大教堂，同时还讲述了与之相关的人物和历史事件。

The great cathedrals were the wonders of the Medieval World - the tallest buildings since the pyramids and the showpieces of Medieval Christianity. Yet they were built at a time when most of us lived in hovels. Architectural historian Jon Cannon explores who were the people that built them and how were they able to achieve such a bold vision.