The manhunt
Forza d’Agrò Cathedral — Forza d’Agrò
In the Taormina guidePlan a day here
On screen
That night the Don’s men comb Corleone’s lanes, warning that whoever hides the boy will pay. Villagers tuck Vito into a basket slung on a donkey, with firewood on the other side, and smuggle him out. He sails to America alone. At Ellis Island a clerk writes down his village as his surname, and “Vito Corleone” is born.
The place today
The village’s main church, a Baroque façade at the top of a stairway. The present building dates from 1707, after its predecessor collapsed in an earthquake. Forza d’Agrò is a medieval village 420 m up, with cobbled, mostly car-free lanes, a 15th-century gate (Arco Durazzesco) and the ruins of a Norman castle at the top.
Did you know? Location guides place the crier on the steps of Forza d’Agrò’s cathedral, the same church Michael passes in the first film.
Also filmed here
Sources: Almost Ginger · Many Faces of Sicily