Since the 1950's, the Cinema has contributed to increase Italy's appeal worldwide through famous movie scenes that are today part of our collective memory. It all started with Wiler's "Roman Holiday" (1953) featuring Hepburn and Peck driving their Vespa across the streets of Rome and touring famous spots like the Spanish steps. Then came Fellini's blockbuster "La Dolce Vita" (1960) where Anita Ekberg and Marcello Mastroianni played the famous scene in the Fontana di Trevi. Still in 1960, the movie "It started in Naples" - with Clark Gable and Sophia Loren - proposes splendid views of Capri in the background. In 2003, Audrey Well's "Under the Tuscan sun" reveals the beauties of Tuscany and the Amalfi coast in this movie where a writer buys a tuscan property to change life. This continues nowadays more than ever. In 2009, in "Angels and Demons", Tom Hanks follows a trail of ancient symbols to prevent a plot against the Church, that ends in the Pantheon. Julia Roberts spends a few months in Roma in "Eat, Pray, Love" (2010), where, as a divorced woman, she decides to engage in a journey across the planet. That same year, Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, in "The Tourist", take us on board to explore Venice and its famous landmarks and attractions, among which the Piazza San Marco and the Guggenheim museum.
Fontana di Trevi
Piazza di Trevi, 00187 Roma, ItaliePiazza di Spagna
Piazza di Spagna, 00187 Roma, ItaliePantheon
Piazza della Rotonda, 00186 Rome, ItalyCastel Sant'Angelo
Lungotevere Castello, 50, 00193 Roma, ItaliePiazza del Popolo
Piazza del Popolo, 00187 Roma, ItaliePiazza Navona
Piazza Navona, 00186 Roma, ItalieFaraglioni (Stella, Mezzo, Scopolo
G7R3+34 Capri, Metropolitan City of Naples, ItalyArco Naturale
Via Arco Naturale, 80076 Capri NA, ItaliePiazza San Marco, Venice
Piazza San Marco, 30124 Venezia, ItaliePeggy Guggenheim Collection
Dorsoduro, 701-704, 30123 Venezia, ItalieColosseum, Rome
Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Roma RM, ItaliaFlorence and its wonders
Metropolitan City of Florence, ItalyThe Chiantigiana Road in deep Tuscany
53017 Radda in Chianti, Province of Siena, ItalyGirifalco Fortress in Cortona
52044 Cortona, Province of Arezzo, ItalyPositano
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