In Cars 2, a great mediterranean locale scenery has been created by Disney/Pixar Studios. Has been named “Porto Corso”, sounds link the Island of Corsica in the mediterranean sea, but it’s not this locale …
Courtesy: Disney/Pixar
The city of “Porto Corsa” seems to be a modified copy of Atrani, a village on the Gulf of Salerno in Italy!
Seen on a wonderful painting by Joseph Rebell, owned by the Prince of Liechtenstein, used by LGT Bank in Liechtenstein.
… Eruption of Vesuvius at Night (GE 1384) that we find in the case of Rebell’s View of Atrani on the Gulf of Salerno: a peaceful landscape bathed in the soft light of the South…
Courtesy: LGT Bank, Prince of Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein Museum Vienna
Link: http://support.lgt.com/_popup/hafen.html?__locale=en
Compared Locale: Fictional Italian Locale of Porto Corso vs. Joseph Rebell’s painting ofAtrani, Italy
Especially this part is pretty much the same locale in Cars2 Porto Corsa an Joseph Rebell’s painting of Atrani in Italy:
Great! I live in Atrani on the Amalfi coast, in particular, the design of Disney Pixar is inspired by Atrani today, with the long arcades and the yachts on the sea.