The Sassi, ancient houses dug into the rock in Matera, provide the face of the Jerusalem that welcomes Christ with open arms before condemning him to death on the cross.
Radogna Farm provided the setting for the flashbacks to Jesus’ childhood. Here the famous scene in which the Virgin Mary, who’s cooking, rushes to little Jesus’ aid as he trips and falls while running out of the house, was filmed. The memory crosses over with a scene of Christ as an adult falling under the weight of the cross on his back, in a completely different location, or rather Via Muro in the centre of Matera. More specifically, Civita, the oldest part of the city, is where Via Crucis was reconstructed and the touching scenes of the Passion filmed.
The Sasso Caveoso, on Vico Solitario in front of the Santa Lucia alle Malve complex, provides the setting for the market scenes in Jerusalem, and the gate used in those scenes is actually the one in Piazza Porta Pistoia.
The Last Supper and the Washing of the Feet episodes were filmed at the rocky complexes of Madonna delle Virtù e San Nicola dei Greci.
The Golgotha and the Sermon on the Mount were filmed in the natural surroundings of the Murgia Timone Viewpoint.
Craco, a ghost town in the province of Matera, provided the perfect backdrop for the Suicide of Judas, as he repents for betraying Jesus.
The interiors were mainly reconstructed at Cinecittà Studios in Rome.
The Sassi, ancient houses dug into the rock in Matera, provide the face of the Jerusalem that welcomes Christ with open arms before condemning him to death on the cross.
Radogna Farm provided the setting for the flashbacks to Jesus’ childhood. Here the famous scene in which the Virgin Mary, who’s cooking, rushes to little Jesus’ aid as he trips and falls while running out of the house, was filmed. The memory crosses over with a scene of Christ as an adult falling under the weight of the cross on his back, in a completely different location, or rather Via Muro in the centre of Matera. More specifically, Civita, the oldest part of the city, is where Via Crucis was reconstructed and the touching scenes of the Passion filmed.
The Sasso Caveoso, on Vico Solitario in front of the Santa Lucia alle Malve complex, provides the setting for the market scenes in Jerusalem, and the gate used in those scenes is actually the one in Piazza Porta Pistoia.
The Last Supper and the Washing of the Feet episodes were filmed at the rocky complexes of Madonna delle Virtù e San Nicola dei Greci.
The Golgotha and the Sermon on the Mount were filmed in the natural surroundings of the Murgia Timone Viewpoint.
Craco, a ghost town in the province of Matera, provided the perfect backdrop for the Suicide of Judas, as he repents for betraying Jesus.
The interiors were mainly reconstructed at Cinecittà Studios in Rome.
The last hours in the life of Jesus Christ, from his arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane to his trial at the Sanhedrin before Pontius Pilate, his flogging, crucifixion and resurrection.
