This is the place where Cinema Paradiso starring Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin and Marco Leonardi was filmed at The ruins of Poggioreale in Poggioreale, Italy. Start scrolling to find out more.
The war-damaged streets, through which Toto walks with his distraught mother after they receive confirmation of his father's death.
Poggioreale, Sicily, Italy
37.76187, 13.035061
Poggioreale, now a ghost town, was in fact destroyed not by the bombs of WWII but by a massive earthquake in 1968. The abandoned town is on SP27, a couple of miles north of the rebuilt newtown, Nuovo Poggioreale.
Ruderi Di Poggioreale
ruin, street
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
Poggioreale, Sicily, Italy
37.76187, 13.035061
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