on a hill above the forum, he created a classical frame for the medieval city hall-- a stage for therama of politics. as he had with saint peter's, michelangelo used a bold reworking of classical architecture and integrated ancient statues into his design. throughout his life as architect and artist, michelangelo had stayed at the center of power-- a turbulent force in turbulent times. but there is anoth journey in his life as an artist which became increasingly important to him-- a journey equally heroic, equally mythic, but private. it's revealed in his intimate productions-- in his letters, in his sonnets and sketches. and it takes him away from this public stage into his inner life-- questioning the artist's role and indeed the very nature of art itself. in his final years, michelangelo wrote a profoundly personal sonnet. "in a frail boat, "through stormy seas, "my life in its course "has now reached the harbor, "the bar of which all men must cross "to render account of good and evil done. "i now know how weighted in error "was the fond fantasy which made art for me "an idol and

medieval croatian port, which is getting a major boost in its economy as a result. angus paid a visit. >> this is dbrovnik nestled against -- it is easy to see why the city has been a th tv crews and tourists. the protected medieval town featured in the last series of the smash hit is nowhere to be found and now locals are looking to cash in. >> extras have been coming from all over the region. some from farther away, and as a good fans, they want to be part of the project. >> a game of thrones walking tour, charging $75, she draws crowds from across the globe. >> a lot of people in america especially younger people who know about the game of thrones know this through the series and that introduces them and they want to come here to see where it was filmed. >> the history dates back to the middle ages where there was an important trading hub and often the target of conquerors. more recently, when former yugoslavia broke up in the 1990's, it was shelled and damaged by yugoslavia troops. now the city wants to restore its place on the global tourist map and they hope game of thrones will help spread the word. >> something you will not see on "game of thrones." we will

medieval and mystical brittany. and the painting relies for its meaning on a city dweller's fantasy of the superstitious piety of peasant women. van gogh also left paris after only two years in the capital and settled in provence in the south of france. he believed that the renaissance of modern art would only take place away from the city, symbol of a decadent and diseased society. he also kept in touch with developments in the avant-garde. he invited gauguin to visit him, and both artists painted from the same subjects. gauguin painted the scene in arles as a tapestry of saturated flat colors and shapes. he encouraged van gogh to move away from naturalism and impressionism and to experiment radically with color and perspective. van gogh grew up in the country in holland. he was a stranger in the unfamiliar landscape of the south of france, and this was another country. like many northern europeans, he imagined the mediterranean to be exotic, and that's what he made it. he painted its people and their agriculture in landscapes drawn not only from what he saw around him but from japanese prints and etchings by rembrandt

four years for the gravely ill yemeni man say he's been subjected to a form of medieval border torture. in major cities the u.s. military and president obama taking the battle against torture at the facility to a federal court for the first time. that i welcome you watching r.t. international with me. now ukraine's prime minister has turned down a major nuclear security summit in the hague opting instead to meet i.m.f. bankers he hopes to secure billions in loans money that would come with severe conditions attached peace can off explains what he's missing. all eyes are now being focused on the netherlands or specifically the hague where wolves politicians and diplomats have been gathering to take part in two major events the unofficial meeting of the g seven without russia and the west accusing moscow. and a major nuclear safety summit with moscow taking for all happening in the same town and pretty much with the same politicians involved what's interesting is that despite the overwhelming western support of the new authorities in kiev ukraine prime minister has announced that he's not of wanted to co

medieval catholicism. there was often a rage against technology and the modern city and the modern machine age. this you could associate with t.s. eliot, there's also a burgeoning libertarian movement, but it's not linked in material ways to these conservative sentiments. there's a reluctance prior to 19 45 of conservative intellectuals to translate their ideas into politics. to me, somebody like whitaker chambers is emblematic of that change. he was wonderfully trained by his years in the communist party to link ideas to movements, to parties, to initiatives. and he brought that, he and others brought t that, that strategic way of thinking about politics to conservativism. and, for example, when he argues in the 1950 with william f. buckley jr. about politics, chambers says we have to use the republican party. neither of us likes it, we don't think that eisenhower's a conservative. there's a huge distance to travel before this becomes a real conservative party, but we have to use the means that are available to us, and we have to be pragmatic and realistic, and we have to work through the grad

city apart. they stage a major upset at the world 2020, details coming up with fourer. syrian government troop say they have captured a medieval castle. the fort is a world heritage site. stephanie decker has more. >> government soldiers raised the syrian flag in triumph, these pictures an a proregime station, reportedly show the p toos after a fierce battle to take over the nearly 900-year-old. government forces say at least 14 rebels were killed. the syrian observatory meanwhile says at least 60 people were killed or injured as they fled for the border. >> built during the christian crusade, and is famous for being one of the best preserved castles. it has been a popular tourist destination, but since 2012 it's been fierce fighting between forces and the government. >> this footage appears to show military jets targeting the area, directly around the castle in early february. and in october, air strikes are said to have hit the fort itself, leaving parts of it damaged. it's unclear if it has ruined part of the structure, it is just one of many sites that has fallen victim to the three-year-old war. the news that the the syri

there was a hope of returning to medieval times in american culture associated with henry adams and others. there was often a rage against technology and the modern city and the machine age associated with ts elliott in the burgeoning libertarian movement but not linked to the sentimentsentiment s. there is a reluctancreluctanc e on the part of conservatives by 1945 and conservative selection was to translate their ideas into politics. that started to change in 1945. whittaker chambers is emblematic of that change. he was wonderfully trained by his years in the economist party to link ideas to movements and initiatives and deep brought and others rocked that strategic way of thinking to conservatism. for example when he argues in the 1950s with william f. utley junior the republicans chamber says we have to use the republicans party. we don't think eisenhower's a conservative. there is a huge distance to travel the ford comes to his conservative party. we have to be pragmatic and realistic and we have to work through the gradual mechanics of social change. that spirit is quite new. after goldwater becomes the spirit conservative movement and we could

curia that runs a city state with its own legal system, its own tv channel, radio station and newspaper. it even has its own bank: the institute of religious works, housed in a medieval tower. >> (translated): the bank of italy, the highest authority in our banking system, has described the ior as a foreign bank on our soil. we see the big walls of the vatican as a national border. we cannot intervene in the vatican. >> narrator: nello rossi is a powerful figure in italy. he prosecutes the most difficult cases: the mafia, corrupt politicians and, most recently, the vatican bank, which has a long and dark reputation for financial corruption. >> politicians, businessmen were using the vatican bank as an off-shore to hide their money-- to money launder, if you will-- or not pay taxes. >> narrator: for years, the italian authorities could do nothing. but when tough banking regulations were imposed across europe in the wake of the financial crisis, only the vatican bank resisted. so the italian finance police put the bank under close surveillance. using all the tools at their disposal, they monitored transactions in and out of the vatican bank. they made their first break