The Idroscalo district at Ostia. Guido’s immense spaceship launch set was built along Via dell’Idroscalo; this contemporary photograph is location context, not the vanished set. Photograph: Ryan Hodnett · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source & credits
The skeletal launch tower for Guido’s abandoned science-fiction film was built on Via dell’Idroscalo at Lido di Ostia. It is the film’s clearest monument to ambition without conviction.
Via dell’Idroscalo is included for city orientation. The available citation supports The Two Popes’s broader Rome connection, but does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
Source confidence: unconfirmed
Actual geography Rome
Depicted geography City orientation only — no title-specific event established
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