2023-10-18 00:03:54
A great epidemic spread throughout Europe in 1348 and wreaked death and destruction on Spanish territory. Today, Boris Izaguirre investigates this ‘disease’ that devastated thousands of lives in the Iberian Peninsula.
The presenter of ‘Desmontando’ analyzes how the Black Death entered through commercial ships that docked in Mediterranean ports such as Valencia or Barcelona and the way in which it spread, in addition to discovering the numbers of people affected and the social changes it produced. . What measures were taken in large cities like Madrid or Seville? What scientific advances emerged from adversity?
In this entry, Boris Izaguirre learns about the rudimentary but effective disinfectants that were used at that time, such as Sherry vinegar or the whitewashing of entire towns like Medina Sidonia. What procedures were carried out to bury the enormous number of deaths from the plague in cities like Barcelona?
Religion, faith and the Church also played a determining role in caring for the sick and to talk about it, Boris visits Father Ángel, founder of the NGO Messengers of Peace, who gives him all the information about this matter.
A journey through time to reveal all the details of the most devastating pandemic in the history of humanity.
About ‘Dismantling’
This new format, which premieres its first season, takes a particular journey through the history of our country trying to discover what its great infrastructures and its natural, urban and cultural heritage hide. A space with a clear didactic tone that allows the viewer to enjoy and learn the legacy of our country in a very different way, like we have never seen before.
Produced by MBC Audiovisuales, it has 3D recreations and integrations that will provide the viewer with a completely new and attractive image of the history of Spain. All of this is possible thanks to the participation of historians, archaeologists and leading experts in different fields.
In each program, Boris has the advice of the popularizer and archaeologist Carmen Sánchez Risco, who delves into the details to learn more about enclaves as rich in heritage as Mérida, Seville or Galicia. Anabel Alonso is the voice in charge of telling anecdotes and curious information about each of the program’s topics.
Throughout an exciting journey of 8 chapters, Boris shows the viewer the history of our country through different milestones, places and buildings. ‘Desmontando’ addresses topics such as the Spanish empire from the Catholic Monarchs until its fall, Roman Hispania, the Spanish civil war or the very interesting adventure of entering the Spain of the three cultures.
The popular presenter also tours, assembling and disassembling, Andalusian Spain, discovering the multiple civil and military engineering constructions that were built throughout the Iberian Peninsula.
The Camino de Santiago is another of the adventures that the program shows, in which Boris becomes a pilgrim, dismantling the most emblematic places of the different paths that cross Spain and that have a curious story to tell behind them, accompanied by a good number of experts and personalities of the stature of judge Taín or the comedian David Amor.
Tonight, on laSexta, ‘Dismantling the great epidemic’, starting at 10:30 p.m.
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