Pauline
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We recently watched the three Godfather movies. We've seen them all several times. They are so good! I love the scenes in Sicily. There is a town named Corleone in the mountains above Palermo, but they filmed the Corleone scenes in towns near Taormina.
"Since Corleone, Sicily, was too developed even in the early 70s to be used for filming, the Sicilian towns of Savoca and Forza d'Agro outside of Taormina were used instead. This is where you'll find Bar Vitelli and the church Michael was married in." from The Godfather Trilogy Sicily Scenes.
In The Godfather, Part III there is a scene in Bagheria, a town south of Palermo, but they film the arrival on a country road near the Segesta Greek Temple which is inland, east of Palermo. I took this screen snap showing Segesta in the background.
Here is my photo of the temple from a distance, from our visit. You can see where they would have filmed that scene.
"Since Corleone, Sicily, was too developed even in the early 70s to be used for filming, the Sicilian towns of Savoca and Forza d'Agro outside of Taormina were used instead. This is where you'll find Bar Vitelli and the church Michael was married in." from The Godfather Trilogy Sicily Scenes.
In The Godfather, Part III there is a scene in Bagheria, a town south of Palermo, but they film the arrival on a country road near the Segesta Greek Temple which is inland, east of Palermo. I took this screen snap showing Segesta in the background.
Here is my photo of the temple from a distance, from our visit. You can see where they would have filmed that scene.