Bar Vitelli's physical address is Piazza Fossia, 7, 98038 Savoca ME, Italy. The bar features an outdoor vine-covered terrace from where you can enjoy spectacular views of the areas surrounding Savoca. Bar Vitelli is also the place where Michael Corleone asks Apollonia's father for his permission to marry his daughter.īar Vitelli is housed in an 18th century Palazzo Trimarchi, located in the Piazza Fossia, the town's main square. The Bar Vitelli is where Michael Corleone ( Al Pacino) meets the cafe owner, the father of his future wife Apollonia. He falls in love with a Sicilian woman, Apollonia Vitelli.

Michael Corleone fled New York City after starting a mafia war between Italian mob families there. Bar Vitelli in Savocaīar Vitelli was the filming location of several scenes from the first Godfather movie by Francis Ford Coppola. The Godfather's Sicily locations included the villages of Savoca and Forza d'Agro.ģ Stunning Filming Locations of The Godfather Movie in Sicily 1. The town of Corleone looked too modern, so Francis Ford Coppola chose other small Sicilian villages that were still untouched by modernization. Read on to discover more about these famous filming locations!Įven though The Godfather movie is set in Corleone, a town in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the filming actually took place in other locations. These small medieval villages were featured in some of the most iconic scenes in the movie, such as Michael Corleone's first meeting with Apollonia's father, and the wedding. Savoca and Forza d'Agrò are the two most famous filming locations of The Godfather movies in Sicily.

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