Visiting Filming Locations of "The Stendhal Syndrome" (1996) in Firenze, Italy

Directed by Dario Argento.
Produced by Dario Argento, Giuseppe Colombo & Walter Massi
Screenplay by Dario Argento.
Story by Dario Argento & Franco Ferrini.
Based on La Sindrome di Stendha by Graziella Magherini.
Starring Asia Argento, Thomas Kretschmann & Marco Leonardi.

The Stendhal Syndrome (Ital. La Sindrome di Stendhal) is a 1996 Italian horror film written and directed by Dario Argento and starring his daughter Asia Argento. It was the first Italian film to use computer-generated imagery (CGI).

Stendhal syndrome is a real syndrome, first diagnosed in Florence, Italy in 1982. Argento said he experienced Stendhal syndrome as a child. While touring Athens with his parents young Dario was climbing the steps of the Parthenon when he was overcome by a trance that caused him to become lost from his parents for hours. The experience was so strong that Argento never forgot it; he immediately thought of it when he came across Graziella Magherini's book about the syndrome, which would become the basis of the film. -Wikipedia.

 Ponte Vecchio

 Piazza della Signoria

 Uffizi

via Porta Rossa 19