Tuscany Region Of Italy - Italian Movie Trips

Towns, Cities & Villages Within The Region Of Tuscany Italy:

Arezzo (town of Tuscany Italy) is a wealthy medieval town of gold factories and antique flea markets. Not only was the musical scale invented here, but Arezzo is also the town where the poet Petrarch first set down his little sonnets. You'll want to find Piero Della Francesca's stunning series of frescoes depicting the history of Christ's true cross and detailed portrayals of seminal Christian allegories.

Movies Filmed On Location in Arezzo Italy:

Life is Beautiful (1997)

A fun-loving waiter and his young son are forced to leave their small Italian village and test their optimism in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany.

The English Patient

Set in several medieval buildings and churches throughout Italy including the hotel and monastery at San'Anna In Camprena, The English patient tells the story of an anonymous British soldier, so disfigured by injuries that he has apparently lost his will to live. The ministrations of a selfless nurse steadily reveal the true nature of his many injuries.

Under The Tuscan Sun (2003)

Based on a recently published autobiography, an American writer moves to Italy after a painful divorce and buys a villa in Tuscany -- slowly learning from the astonishing countryside as she refurbishes her new home.

Carrara Italy:

Carrara, a city in the Massa-Carrara province of Tuscany, is known the world over for the stunning marble extracted from its quarries. Carrara marble was used in the construction of Rome’s Pantheon and was chosen for many well known Renaissance period sculptures, including Michelangelo’s David.

Movies filmed on location in Carrara:

The Agony and the Ecstasy

Charlton Heston is Michelangelo in the film adaptation of Irving Stone’s biopic of the Renaissance man and his arduous painting of the Sistine Chapel.

Cortona Italy:

Now a small, serene town set in the hills, Cortona may be one of the oldest towns in Italy. The fact that it was a major Etruscan capital may explain why a large Etruscan museum and Etruscan art gallery are here and why Cortona is the home of the Etruscan Academy, where students of history continue to study the civilization which probably bequeathed us our modern Latin alphabet, among other things. With incredible views of Lake Trasimeno and an active artist community, it's also an excellent place to relax.

Movies Filmed On Location in Cortona:

Life is Beautiful (1997)

Under The Tuscan Sun (2003)

Florence Italy:

Florence is the birthplace of the Renaissance, ignited and advanced by the long-reigning Medici family and created by the artists they helped finance, from Donatello to Michelangelo. In a few square kilometers, from the central duomo to the ornate, mercantile bridge marking the riverfront, you'll find more masterpieces of Renaissance architecture and art than possibly anywhere on earth.

Movies Filmed On Location In Florence Italy:

Under The Tuscan Sun (2003)

Montepulciano Italy:

Montepulciano is a high, heavily fortified Renaissance city with spectacular views of Tuscany. Among the medieval walls and cypress trees you'll find a fine Renaissance plaza, many excellent opportunities to enjoy the town's famous Vino Nobile wines along with international music played in festivals throughout the summer.

Movies Filmed On Location In Montepulciano Italy:

Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)

Woodland faeries entertain themselves by throwing four couples into romantic confusion, care of Shakespeare's wordplay combined with Italy's stunning outdoor scenery.

Under The Tuscan Sun (2003)

Montevarchi Italy:

Montevarchi is a modern Tuscan town of 20,000 in a valley abutting the Arno river. Officially designated as a city in the 1940s, Montevarchi features a modern art museum dedicated to the works of Ernesto Galeffi, while still offering classical piazzas and architecture by Giovanni Verniani and a museum dedicated to Tuscan artists throughout history. Don't miss the fossilized remains of elephants and other animals found in the former lakebed where the town sits.

Movies Filmed On Location In Montevarchi Italy:

Life is Beautiful (1997)

Pienza Italy:

A small village, Pienza is the birthplace of Pope Pius II. His strongest desire was to have his hometown redesigned as a renaissance ideal and the architect Rossellino spent many years attempting it, with a carefully planned (Unesco World Heritage recognized) central square and several elegant palace facades, including the Pope's own palace, where you can see how he lived the Renaissance ideal on a smaller scale.

Movies Filmed On Location In Pienza Italy:

The English Patient

Siena Italy:

Quintessential medieval hill town and busy university center, Siena is where medieval Italian history stopped while Florence lead the Renaissance. Every year a short and sometimes violent bareback horse race is held in the exquisitely tranquil town square. The disembodied head of the city's -- and country's -- patron saint, St. Catherine, still sits in a local church. You'll also find it appealing to browse the distinctive Sienese school of art, such as the Allegory of Good and Bad Government, much of which is likely to use Siena's namesake reddish coloring.

Movies filmed on location in Siena:

My House in Umbria

After a terrorist attack on a train to Milan strands a group of traveling strangers, a romance writer with a long past invites the group to recuperate at her villa, set in the incomparable hills of Umbria.