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I taly is proud of its famous daughter, just as ac- tress Monica Bellucci is proud of her origins. Step by step, she became a world star, and some im- portant paths led her to that throne... First stop CITTÀ DI CASTELLO The story of Monica Anna Maria Bellucci (54) be- gins in the small town of Città di Castello, which is best known around the world precisely because it is the birthplace of one of the world’s most beautiful wom - en. However, the story of this charming little town doesn’t end there. Geographically interesting due to its location in the mountainous Umbria region, it is around 50 kilometres from Perugia, in the valley of the River Tibar. History lovers will find it interesting that it is situated on the site of ancient Tifernum, but the city blossomed during the Renaissance, under the Vitelli dynasty. It is thanks to them that Città di Cas - tello is today also delightful for tourists. The witnesses of the passage of time here in - clude the 14 th century Town Hall, the cathedral dat - ing back to the same period, which is a monument to Renaissance art, the Pinacoteca Comunale Museum, which is the main edifice of this type in the Umbria region, as well as the Vitelli chapel in the 16 th centu- ry church of San Francesco. Its breathtaking rustic ap - pearance will amaze you, just as the beautiful Mon - ica left her fellow citizens breathless when she was just a teenager. Legend has it that parents Brunella Briganti, aka Maria Gustinelli, and Pasquale Bellucci, aka Luigi, had to hide her because they were tired of explaining where they’d found such a beautiful child. Second stop PERUGIA The legal profession is perhaps mourning that Monica isn’t among its ranks, but the acting world is happy that she abandoned her law studies at the Uni - versity of Perugia. She probably headed to the capital I always get the impression that, wherever I go, I represent Italy. When I say that I’m Italian I’m always greeted with a smile and special a ection towards my country of origin. I’m very proud to osmesi i posebna naklonost prema zemlji iz koje dolazim. Veoma sam ponosna što sam Italijanka Uvek sam svesna činjenice da kud god idem, predstavljam Italiju. Kad kažem da sam Italijanka, dočekaju me
rakuza sa Apolonovim hramom i se- lo Korelone, da se malo setite Kuma. Peta stanica RIM Marija Magdalena iz Stradanja Hristovog Mela Gibsona u ovaj grad je dolazila i zbog filmskog festivala i zbog promocije filma Spektra, u ko- jem je igrala Bondovu devojku, u 52.
godini. Ali i zato što svi putevi vo- de u Rim. Iz milion dobrih razloga. Inače, čuvena filmska Kleopatra i višestruko nagrađivana glumica bila je u braku sa fotografom Klaudijem Karlosom Barosom, verena sa glum- cem Nikolom Faronom i udata za Ven- sana Kasela, sa kojim ima ćerke Devu i Leoni. Godinama je zvanično sama. Nezvanično prošeta Rimom u druš- tvu misterioznog muškarca...
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