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The Talented Mr Ripley

Spanish Steps

Rome · Italy  ·  Café on the stone staircase

The Talented Mr Ripley filmed at Spanish Steps, Rome. Famous stone staircase in central Rome where the film places a fictional café called Caffè Dinelli. On screen it's Caffè Dinelli.

Spanish Steps, Rome
Nan Palmero from San Antonio, TX, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where to go

41.90611, 12.48278
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Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.

Good to know

Title
The Talented Mr Ripley (1999)
On screen
Caffè Dinelli
In real life
Spanish Steps, Rome
Can you visit?
Open to the public, free
Time to allow
—
Confidence
Probable

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Spanish Steps today

Spanish Steps (51366694755)
Nan Palmero from San Antonio, TX, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Spanish Steps 3 (15607323477)
daryl_mitchell from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Spanish Steps 2 (15794051672)
daryl_mitchell from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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

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Questions

Where exactly did The Talented Mr Ripley film at Spanish Steps?
At 41.90611, 12.48278 in Rome. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.
Can you visit Spanish Steps?
Open to the public, free.
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