Gladiator final scene location | Val d’Orcia Tuscany Italy

Join me on a photo walk around this beautiful ancient Tuscany town. San Quirico d’Orcia.

You may recognise this opening shot in the short photowalk video below as it was the location of one of the final scenes in the blockbuster movie Gladiator by Ridley Scott starring Russell Crowe. The part where the gladiator is returning home. (His dying visions)

San Quirico d’Orcia and the surrounding beautiful medieval countryside has been used in many films over the years but most recently in Gladiator.

Val d'Orcia has been a location for many well-known films, including:

8½ by Federico Fellini (1963)
Brother Sun, Sister Moon by Franco Zeffirelli (1972)
Nostalghia by Andrei Tarkovsky (1983)
The English Patient by Anthony Minghella (1996)
Stealing Beauty by Bernardo Bertolucci (1996)
A Midsummer Night's Dream by Michael Hoffman (1999)
Gladiator by Ridley Scott (2000)

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The whole region is a UNESCO World Heritage area.
Join me for a quick photo tour of the town.

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