Rome

===Cinema===
{{Main|List of films set in Rome|List of films set in ancient Rome}}
[[File:Ingressostorico cinecitta.jpg|thumb|Entrance to the [[Cinecittà|Cinecittà studios]], the largest film studio in [[Europe]]<ref name="cinecittà">{{cite web|url=https://www.ciakmagazine.it/news/cinecitta-ce-laccordo-per-espandere-gli-studios-italiani/|title=Cinecittà, c'è l'accordo per espandere gli Studios italiani|date=30 December 2021 |access-date=10 September 2022|language=it}}</ref>]]

Rome hosts the [[Cinecittà|Cinecittà Studios]],<ref name="romefile1">{{cite web |url=http://www.romefile.com/culture/cinecitta.php |title=History of Cinecittà Studios in Rome |publisher=Romefile |access-date=17 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501020709/http://www.romefile.com/culture/cinecitta.php |archive-date=1 May 2009}}</ref> the largest film and television production facility in continental Europe and the centre of the [[Cinema of Italy|Italian cinema]], where many of today's biggest box office hits are filmed. The {{cvt|99|acre|ha|adj=on}} studio complex is {{cvt|9.0|km|mi}} from the centre of Rome and is part of one of the biggest production communities in the world, second only to [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California|Hollywood]], with well over 5,000 professionals – from period costume makers to visual effects specialists. More than 3,000 productions have been made on its lot.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

Founded in 1937 by [[Benito Mussolini]], the studios were bombed by the [[Allies of World War II|Western Allies]] during the Second World War. In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions, and subsequently became the studio most closely associated with [[Federico Fellini]]. Today, Cinecittà is the only studio in the world with pre-production, production, and full post-production facilities on one lot, allowing directors and producers to walk in with their script and "walkout" with a completed film.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}