Avengers hot spots: 4 Instagram-worthy locations to visit that featured in the Marvel movies
Ahead of the release of Avengers: Endgame, we look at the stunning marvels shown in the blockbuster franchise, from the Philippines’ Rice Terraces, which Thanos seems to like, to Italy’s Fort Bard, or Hydra’s headquarters
Avengers fever is in the air. With the new movie Avengers: End Game release date just around the corner, STYLE revisits some of the key locales where you can imagine yourself as part of the superhero team.
Needless to say, we are excited to add more to this list after watching the upcoming film.
1. Fort Bard, Italy
This 19th-century fortified complex (well, it seems more like a castle to us) featured in Avengers: Age of Ultron as the exterior of Hydra’s base. You might recall the beginning of the movie, when the superhero team tried to get hold of the Scepter of Loki, which was in Hydra’s Control Building.
Fort Bard was designed as an impregnable defence for the Italian valley, but has now been transformed into a museum complex, and houses The Children’s Alps Museum, The Museum of the Alps, The Prison, The Ferdinando, Museum of Fortifications, and The Ferdinando, Museum of Frontiers.
The fort also hosts temporary exhibitions. For example, the works of Dutch photographer Marsel van Oosten – who won the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year award in 2018 – will be on display until June 2.
The Fort is generally open Tuesday to Sunday, from 10am to 6pm on weekdays and 10am to 7pm on weekends. Each museum has a separate entry fee.