Light in the Piazza (film) Light in the Piazza (film) Light in the Piazza is a 1962 American romantic drama film directed by Guy Green and starring Olivia de Havilland, Rossano Brazzi, Yvette Mimieux, George Hamilton, and Barry Sullivan. Based on the 1960 novel "The Light in the Piazza" by Elizabeth Spencer, the film is about a beautiful but mentally disabled young American woman traveling in Italy with her mother and the Italian man they meet during one leg of their trip. Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, "Light in the Piazza" is notable for its extensive location shooting in 1960s Florence and Rome by the award-winning cinematographer
Piazza Cordusio Piazza Cordusio Piazza Cordusio (also informally referred to as Piazzale Cordusio) is a square in central Milan, Italy. The "piazza" takes its name from the "Cors Ducis" (Ducal court) which was found in the square during Longobard times. It is well known for its several turn-of-the-19th-century Neoclassical, eclectic and Art Nouveau buildings, banks and post offices. Even though many of these have now relocated elsewhere, it is still an important commercial square in the city and hosts the "Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali" (Palace of the Assicurazioni Generali), the "Palazzo del Credito Italiano" (Palace of the Credito Italiano) and the "Palazzo