Corleone (Sicily)

Corleone is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, in Sicily. It is located in an inland area of the mountain, in the valley between the Rocca di Maschi, the Castello Soprano and the Castello Sottano. Corleone is located at 542 metres (1,778 ft) above sea level. The name of the town was used as the adopted surname of the main character in Mario Puzo's book and Francis Ford Coppola's film, The Godfather. The attractions of the town are the Chiesa Madre ("Mother Church"), dedicated to the 4th-century French bishop Saint Martin of Tours and the Chiesa dell'Addolorata. Along the road that connects Corleone with Ficuzza, following the old railway line connecting Palermo to San Carlo (now the bike path), is an old bridge where the Frattina River streams between the limestone rocks.