local population, some of them used as churches. The Rudolph Valentino Museum with exhibits on the life of the movie actor including movie posters, the bed he slept in as a child in Castellaneta and a reconstruction of a set from the movie The Son of the Sheik with the tent used in the film. Rudolph Valentino memorial, designed by architect Nicola Cantore with a blue ceramic statue of the actor by Luigi Gheno, dedicated in 1961 the ceremony for its unveiling is seen in the documentary Mondo Cane. People Actor Rudolph Valentino was born in Castellaneta in 1895. The ancestors of Dan Castellaneta, an actor/voice actor best known for his work on The Simpsons, were from the city. References Sources Cities and towns in Apulia