Photograph: Andrea Martella · Time Out
Where to go
41.85, 12.566667
Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.
Good to know
Title
Ben-Hur (1959)
On screen
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In real life
Cinecittà Studios, Rome
Can you visit?
Private. Not open to visitors
Time to allow
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Confidence
Probable
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Cinecittà Studios today
Photograph: Andrea Martella · Time Out
Photography of the place as it is now — production stills from the publications that covered the shoot, and freely-licensed photographs. Each links to its source.
Also filmed here
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen — Cinecittà StudiosRome · ItalyMain studio shoot
- The Agony And The Ecstasy — Cinecittà StudiosRome · ItalySistine Chapel replica · as Sistine Chapel
- Amarcord — Cinecittà StudiosRome · ItalyFictional town built on soundstage · as Borgo
- Death In Venice (Morte a Venezia) — Cinecittà StudiosRome · ItalyInteriors built in studio
- Fellini Satyricon — Cinecittà StudiosRome · ItalySurreal images built on studio sets
- Gangs Of New York — Cinecittà StudiosRome · ItalyFive Points district set · as Five Points district
- The Godfather Part III — Cinecittà StudiosRome · ItalyOpera interiors
- The Last Emperor — Cinecittà StudiosRome · ItalyFilm sets built outside Rome
- The Night Porter — Cinecittà StudiosRome · ItalyFilm based at studio
- The Passion Of The Christ — Cinecittà StudiosRome · ItalyBacklot for most scenes
- The Pink Panther — Cinecittà StudiosRome · ItalyProduction base and Hollywood interior · as Hollywood interior
- Il Postino — Cinecittà StudiosRome · ItalyBar interior rebuilt
- Romeo And Juliet — Cinecitta StudiosRome · ItalyVerona main square set · as Verona main square
- Salò o Le 120 Giornate Di Sodoma (Salò, Or The 120 Days Of Sodom) — Cinecittà StudiosRome · ItalyCourtyard set for final torture
- You, Me & Tuscany — Cinecittà StudiosRome · ItalyVilla interiors built on set · as Casa Luna
- Cleopatra — Cinecittà StudiosRome · ItalyCleopatra on Roman sets
- La Dolce Vita — Cinecittà StudiosRome · ItalyFellini's sets
- Spectre — Cinecittà StudiosRome · ItalyBond film shot on the lot
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Where exactly did Ben-Hur film at Cinecittà Studios?
At 41.85, 12.566667 in Rome. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.
Can you visit Cinecittà Studios?
Private. Not open to visitors.
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