{"id":18523,"date":"2024-07-01T08:32:30","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T06:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eneasmagazine.com\/en\/?p=18523"},"modified":"2024-06-28T13:44:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T11:44:21","slug":"the-godfathers-sicily-a-movie-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eneasmagazine.com\/en\/lifestyle\/tourism\/the-godfathers-sicily-a-movie-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"“The Godfather”‘s Sicily, a movie trip"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Godfather is one of the most important trilogies in the history of cinema. Film director Francis Ford Coppola masterfully brought Mario Puzo’s novel to the big screen, with Al Pacino and Marlon Brando as the saga’s two iconic actors who brought Vito and Michael Corleone to life.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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We travel to Sicily<\/b> in the footsteps of these films, visiting the island through some of its locations in a deluxe literary and film route<\/b> that takes us into the history and traditions of this island, colonized by the Greeks, the Romans and the Normans; a territory that was part of the Crown of Aragon, occupied by the Nazis during World War II and cradle of the “Cosa Nostra” or Italian Mafia.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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We begin our journey at the end of the story, on the steps of Palermo’s Teatro Massimo, with Michael Corleone’s (Al Pacino) heartbroken cry of mourning when he discovers that his daughter Mary (played by Sofia Coppola) has been murdered. Palermo’s Teatro Massimo, inaugurated in 1897, was the largest opera house in Italy and the third largest in Europe, behind the Paris Opera and the Vienna Opera. From its terrace you can enjoy breathtaking 360-degree views of the city.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Final scene of \"The Godfather\" trilogy on the steps of the Teatro Massimo in Palermo.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Teatro Massimo in Palermo, inaugurated in 1897, was the largest opera house in Italy and the third largest in Europe.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Located in the north of the island, on the shores of the Tyrrhenian Sea, Palermo is the capital of Sicily and a city that has preserved the testimony of the culture of all its conquerors: Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Normans, Spaniards or Austrians, all of them left their mark on the city. To discover it is to walk through its churches, its sumptuous palaces, its cobbled streets, its markets and taste its traditional “Pasta con le sarde” (pasta with sardines), the “Arancini” (croquettes stuffed with rice) or the dessert par excellence, the “Cannoli”, crispy fried puff pastry cones filled with ricotta<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

We can explore Palermo and its surroundings by staying at the exclusive Villa Igiea hotel<\/b>. This villa was bought in 1899 by the influential Florio dynasty, then one of the most important families in Sicily, who decided to create a luxury hotel that, during the first decade of the twentieth century, hosted magnates, artists, artists and artists’ associations. During the first decade of the 20th century, it hosted magnates, artists and even members of European royalty<\/b> of the time such as King Edward VII of England, Queen Alexandra, Princess Victoria and Tsarina Maria Feodorovna who disembarked in 1907 on the iconic Victoria & Albert ship to have lunch at Villa Igiea and explore Palermo’s many attractions.<\/span>
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