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Sylvester Stallone Visits Rocky Statue In Philadelphia

The Italian Stallion himself was recently in Philadelphia and made a trip to the iconic statue honoring his iconic character, Rocky Balboa.

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This April 3, 2020 photo shows the Rocky Statue at the Philadelphia Art Museum in Philadelphia. The movie “Rocky” finished tied with “Bull Durham" for No. 2 in The Associated Press Top 25 favorite sports movies poll.
This April 3, 2020 photo shows the Rocky Statue at the Philadelphia Art Museum in Philadelphia. The movie “Rocky” finished tied with “Bull Durham" for No. 2 in The Associated Press Top 25 favorite sports movies poll. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

PHILADELPHIA — One of Philadelphia's most famous landmarks is the Rocky statue at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

And recently, the man behind "Rocky" paid as visit to the highly frequented tourist spot.

Sylvester Stallone shared on social media a video of him at the Rocky statue.

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The video is captioned, "Feels like coming home... With the family."

Watch the video below:

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There's no word on what brought Stallone to the city, but it's always a pleasure to see one of the people who showed Philadelphia to a national audience back in town.

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