A great Pandemic It spread throughout Europe in 1348 and spread death and destruction in Spanish territory. Today, Boris Izaguirre investigates about this ‘disease’ that devastated thousands of lives in the Iberian Peninsula.
The presenter of ‘disassembling ‘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. That measures Were they taken in big cities like Madrid or Seville? That Scientific advances Did they emerge from adversity?
In this entry, Boris Izaguirre learns about the rudimentary but effective disinfectants that were used at that time, such as Sherry vinager or the whitewashed of entire towns like Medina Sidonia . What procedures were carried out to bury to the enormous number of deaths from the plague in cities like Barcelona?
The religion the faith and the Church They also played a determining role in caring for the sick and to talk about it, Boris visits the Father Angel founder of the NGO Messengers of Peace, who gives you all the information about this matter.
A journey through time to reveal all the details of the pandemic more devastating of the history of humanity.
About ‘Dismantling’
This new format that premieres its first season makes a particular tour 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 Spanish Empire From the Catholic Monarchs until their fall, the Roman Hispania the Spanish Civil War or the very interesting adventure of entering the Spain of the three cultures.
The popular presenter also tours, mounting and dismounting, the Andalusian Spain discovering the multiple civil and military engineering constructions that were built throughout the Iberian Peninsula.
He Santiago’s road 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 Pandemic’, starting at 10:30 p.m.
