Famous Films made in Italy

Italy has been a beautiful destination for many Hollywood movies including classic films such as Roman Holiday, Cleopatra, The Agony and the Ecstasy, Ben Hur, A Room with a View and later The Godfather, The Bourne Identity, The English Patient, The Passion of Christ, and Under the Tuscan Sun. Recent movies taken in Italy were Angels and Demons, Hannibal, and The Twilight Saga: New Moon.

Thanks to sekritgf for these wonderful scenes from Under the Tuscan Sun

You can visit the following lovely places that were film locations for many famous American movies:

• The Twilight Saga: New Moon – Montepulciano, Italy
• Hannibal – Florence and Sadinia
• Angels and Demons – Vatican city, Rome- the Pantheon, Piazza Navona, Piazza del Popolo
• The Talented Mr. Ripley – Venice, Anzio, Palermo, Naples, Ischia, and Positano
• The Passion of the Christ – city of Matera in the Basilicata region
• Under the Tuscan Sun – Florence, Arezzo, Montepulciano, and Cortona
• The English Patient – Monastery in Sant’Anna Camprena near Pienza, Tuscany
• The Godfather – Sicilian towns of Savoca and Forza d’Agro outside of Taormina

Upcoming films that are scheduled to be filmed in Italy soon are The Monster of Florence and Mel Gibson’s The Magnificent (on Lorenzo de Medici).

Thanks to Viso Trailers for this great trailer from Angels and Demons