Tea with Mussolini
Date: 1999
Director: Franco Zaffirelli
Production Company: Franco Zeffirelli
Stars: Judy Dench, Maggie Smith, Cher, Lily Tomlin, Joan Plowright
Location(s): Tuscany
Region(s): Italy, London T-Z, South East R-Z
Storyline:
A semi-autobiographical story of young Italian boys upbringing by a circle of British and American women before and during World War II.
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- Capture 1
- 08 Oct 2013
Maybe Il Duomo, Firenze, the cathedral, Florence, Italy. Or, yet again could be Santa Maria Novella, near the railway station.
Il Duomo, with the sun almost eradicating part of it in the then. Sent in by a reginal-sounding ER.
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The English Cemetery, Piazza Donatello, Firenze (Florence), Italy.
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Same place. So, next time you’re there, on a film-location oriented walkabout, take a camera. Film induced tourism is the upcoming destination marketing tool.
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Probably Firenze.
- Capture 5
- 08 Jul 2019
One of the palazzi in Firenze, maybe the orphanage? But probably Piazza Santissima Annunziata . . .
. . . . with work continuing, Phil Gray's wider view shows the Hospital of the Innocents in Florence and this is Piazza della SS Annunziata, taken at right angles to the church.
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Having taken a holiday at nearby San Gimignano a few years ago, Steve Randall took a trip down memory lane to identify the Hospital of the Innocents on Piazza della Santissima Annunziata in Florence, Tuscany.
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A street near the Duomo. Piazza di Santa Maria Novella 15 located by Steve Randall.
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The entrance to Santa Maria Novella confirmed by Steve Randall.
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Steve Randall places this as Piazza di Santa Maria Novella 18 in San Gimignano.
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Facing Santa Maria Novella identified by Steve Randall.
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Ruins, probably Roman, Firenze? Manuel Gurtner solves the riddle, as we are in the large archaeological area of the Musei di Fiesole, in the town of Fiesole, a few kilometres from Florence. The monumental staircase is part of the ruins of a 4th century BC Roman temple discovered in 1872.
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The locations move to San Gimignano, Sienna, Rome and Arezzo . . . but which is which? 'Under a Tuscan Sun', 'Angels and Demons', 'Life is Beautiful' all did much the same, whizzing around and capturing photogenic angles. However, Steve Randall pins this shot down as Via de' Tornabuoni 16, Florence.
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Steve Randall found Piazza Della Cisterna 7, Florence.
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Hotel La Cisterna at San Gimignano, Tuscany located by Steve Randall.
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A narrow street with a bench along the right hand wall which Steve Randall found to be an alley leading off from the Piazza del Duomo in San Gimigano.
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Probably not Firenze. Is this an exterior fresco? Maybe Arezzo, or San Gimignano or Sienna, or.....? After several years, Daniela Bianchi recognised the Santa Fina fresco in San Gimignano, painted by Domenico Ghirlandaio: it’s in the Duomo of San Gimignano, called also the Collegiate Church of Santa Maria Assunta. (SJ)
- Capture 17
- 07 Sep 2021
San Gimignano, appearing next to the Collegiate Church of Santa Maria Assunta identified by Matt Oliver.
Matt provides this shot as proof of the location.
- Capture 18
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Ummmmmmmmmm..........??????
- Capture 19
- 08 Jul 2019
Could be almost any one of a thousand Italian towns, but it just might be Piazza della Signoria in Firenze. But no . . . . .
. . . . Phil Gray advises that this is San Gimignano, the Piazza del Duomo, and his picture has the arches to the right on the south side of the piazza.
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This may well be San Gimignano again. It is! advises Steve Randall, Piazza Duomo.