Episode 4: Disaster The historian and writer explores structures built in the face of
adversity, terror and war, risking his life to visit the Minaret of Jam
in Afghanistan, observing the reconstruction project in Dresden and
looking at the role of architecture in preparing for an earthquake in
San Francisco. The presenter also reveals the tale of Palmyra, a Syrian
city destroyed by the Roman Empire
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