Rome’s Cinecittà studios, which in its heyday hosted sword-and-sandals epics such as William Wyler’s “Ben-Hur” and was home to Federico Fellini, are being revamped thanks to a loan provided by the European Union’s post-pandemic recovery fund.
The goal of Cinecittà, once known as Hollywood on the Tiber, is to become the largest studio space in Europe and gain a competitive edge against other prominent European facilities such as Germany’s Studio Babelsberg, Hungary’s Origo Studios and Nu Boyana in Bulgaria.
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