Where was The Passion of the Christ filmed

Locations

• Contrada Murgia Timone

  In movie

  Scene where Jezus is crucified on the mountain top.

  Real

  Contrada Murgia Timone on the map

  Scene was shot Matera has gained international fame for its ancient town, the "Sassi di Matera". The city was allegedly founded by the Romans in the 3rd century BC, with the name of Matheola after the consul Lucius Caecilius Metellus. Until the late 1980s the Sassi was still considered an area of poverty, since its dwellings were, and in most cases still are, uninhabitable and dangerous. The present local administration, however, has become more tourism-orientated, and it has promoted the regeneration of the Sassi as a picturesque touristic attraction with the aid of the Italian government, UNESCO, and Hollywood. On 17 October 2014, Matera was declared Italian host of European Capital of Culture for 2019 together with the Bulgarian town of Plovdiv.