A special day on La7: advances February 5th

This evening, Wednesday 5 February 2025in the early evening on La7, returns Aldo Cazzullo with a new episode of A particular daythe program reached in his third season e With continuously growing listening: if the first episodes, broadcast in 2022, had conquered an average of 728 thousand spectators and a 4.2%share, those of the third season, broadcast on La7 since last Octoberthey kept glued to the screen 1,111,000 spectators with a share of 6.63%.

The “particular day” from which the story of Aldo Cazzullo and his guests will start will be that of August 3, 1492the day when Palos de la Frontera, in southern Spain, the Three caravels They sail for a journey that 70 days later will unexpectedly lead them to discover America.

The Genoese navigator, as is known, did not believe that he involuntarily enter history as the greatest explorer ever. But the war is the engine of his enterprise: while in Spain the “reconquista” of the Catholic kings advances at swollen sails and the dying collapse, in the Middle East the Ottoman Empire expands without hitches by creating a commercial block between the East and the west. Hence the idea of ​​Cristoforo Colombo: reach the indies passing through the west, making an unpublished company first. The navigator does not know that his expedition would change modern geography forever.

Aldo Cazzullo, accompanied by the envoys in history Claudia Benassi And Raffaele di Placidohe will retrace Colombo’s journey starting from his hometown, Genoa, exploring the streets where he grew up and his house near Porta Soprana, to reach the town that has allowed his business: Spain. From the heart of the kingdom, Madrid, The footsteps of the explorer pass through Sevillecity of the De Pilatos house, the symbol of the Andalusian buildings, and the alcazar, the royal residence where the Catholic kings lived. There, in the cathedral of the city, A particular day brings For the first time an Italian troupe to immortalize the tomb of Cristoforo Colombo.