Filming Locations Guide: Where was Inferno filmed?

In the third installment from Dan Brown’s saga (after The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons), we are once more following the trail of clues that Professor Robert Langdon discovers through the most glamorous filming locations.

Inferno was filmed primarily in Florence, the city where most of the movie is set. Venice, Istanbul, and Budapest served as additional shooting locations.

Since the bestseller book of the same name was published in 2013, the capital of Tuscany has attracted many tourists looking for the places where the action takes place.

Tom Hanks is reprising his role as the Harvard symbologist, who wakes up in a hospital with amnesia. Langdon teams up with Felicity Jones as Dr. Sienna Brooks. She will help him to recover his memories, and while they are at it, they'll try to save mankind from a deadly global plot.

Welcome to our spoiler-free guide to the filming locations of Inferno.

“We've got to get to Florence!” Many outdoor scenes were filmed around Piazza della Signoria and overall, in the historic center of the city, including an apartment near the Arno river.

The opening action sequence that can be seen in the trailer, ends up in the top of the bell tower of Badia Fiorentina (pictured), near what is now called the 'Casa di Dante'.
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Image from the film director's Ron Howard Facebook account, showing the working sessions using models of the sets.

Mockups help suggest ideas for specific shots and other cinematic aspects of the movie.

The two main characters of Inferno visit a surprisingly empty Baptistery of Saint John (where have all the tourists gone?), located in front of the famous Florence Cathedral Il Duomo.
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This octagonal 11th-century building is where the Italian poet Dante and many other notable Renaissance figures were baptized.
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The Palazzo Vecchio is the monumental town hall of Florence. This exclusive place was closed to visitors for the shooting of the film, including the Salone dei Cinquecento (The Hall of the Five Hundred).

Apparently, the sequence taking place on the roof of this hall was filmed in a studio in Budapest.
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Robert Langdon discovers secret passageways that take him through the Vasari Corridor (il Corridoio, 1566).

This outstanding engineering work, ordered to be built by the almighty Medici rulers, connects the Palazzo Vecchio (seat of government) with the family's residence, the Palazzo Pitti.

The Vasari Corridor joins the Uffizi Gallery, crosses the Ponte Vecchio, and goes through Santa Felicita church, where the Medici could attend mass without mixing with the common people.

Following this enclosed route, they also avoided the danger of being attacked by their opponents.
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The Boboli Gardens next to the Pitti Palace, in the heart of Florence. Robert and Sienna escape through the gardens’ pathways, filled with magnificent statues and fountains.

The town where Made in Italy was filmed (the movie 2020 with Liam Neeson) also boasts gorgeous Tuscan locations.
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Venice is the other city that plays a key role in the novel. Some sequences were filmed in the Grand Canal, St Mark's Basilica, and St Mark's Square (pictured).
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The production team was shooting in Origo and Korda Studios in Budapest (Hungary).

Also, some open-air settings were used, like the Gutenberg square and this scene with fake rain, in the surroundings of the Opera.
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The filming locations in Istanbul (Turkey) are no less impressive.

The movie shows establishing shots of the colossal Hagia Sophia, the Byzantine cathedral that turned into a mosque and later on into a museum.
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Also in the movie, we can enjoy fabulous low-flying aerial shots from all these popular landmarks.

Pictured, some of the remaining walls of Constantinople near the Bosphorus strait.
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The Basilica Cistern is another top tourist attraction in Istanbul.

The underground chamber, built in the 6th century, features 336 columns (that appear to have been recycled from older buildings), and the mysterious Medusa heads.
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Pictures behind the scenes during the filming of the climax of the story. Basilica Cistern was closed to the public for 4 days.
Image by Ron Howard

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