Where did Cinderella take place?

Assuming you mean Disney's 1950's Cinderella film, it takes place in France. This was done because the version of the fairy tale it was based upon was Cendrillon by Charles Perrault. read more

The earliest known version of Cinderella is in Il Pentamerone by Basile (1633), who lived in Naples. In the similar story from the Decameron by Bocacchio (1353) is set in Italy among a group of people who are hiding out from the plague. read more

Assuming you mean Disney’s 1950’s Cinderella film, it takes place in France. This was done because the version of the fairy tale it was based upon was Cendrillon by Charles Perrault. As this fairy tale was French (Cendrillon being the French name for Cinderella), they used a French setting. read more

The geographical location of the kingdom in which Cinderella lives is not established in any of the known versions of the fairy tale. Since there are over 345 variants of the story from different times and cultures, it is difficult to infer where the original kingdom may have been located. read more