The Plaza de España has been used as a filming location, including scenes for Lawrence of Arabia (1962). The building was used as a location in the Star Wars movie series Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) — in which it featured in exterior shots of the City of Theed on the Planet Naboo. It also featured in the 2012 film The Dictator. The 2023 Netflix series, Kaos, also featured scenes filmed at the Plaza.
The Plaza de España served as the filming location for the exterior of Theed, the capital of Naboo, in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002). Specifically, Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala walk through this location when they first arrive on the planet.
The Plaza de España served as a key filming location for the 1962 epic Lawrence of Arabia, directed by David Lean. It was used to represent the British Army Headquarters and the Cairo British Intelligence Building, where Peter O’Toole’s Lawrence arrives to report to General Allenby.
The plaza was also used as a set for the video of Simply Red’s song “Something Got Me Started”.
Lawrence of Arabia
Lawrence of Arabia is a 1962 epic biographical adventure drama film directed by David Lean and produced by Sam Spiegel.
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones was shot through a mix of studio production in Australia and location work in Tunisia, Italy and Spain.
Guadix Railway Station
Guadix Railway Station has appeared in North West Frontier, Doctor Zhivago, A Bullet for the General, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and many more.
Mónsul Beach
Mónsul Beach appears in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The NeverEnding Story, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Antony and Cleopatra, and Shalako.
Cortijo El Sotillo
Cortijo El Sotillo has been used in A Fistful of Dollars (1964), Desafío en Río Bravo (1964), Johnny Yuma (1966) and "Day of Anger" (1967).
Girona Cathedral
Girona Cathedral is best known on screen from "Game of Thrones" (2011–2019), where it appears in season 6 as the Great Sept of Baelor in King’s Landing.
La Pallice
La Pallice is the commercial deep-water port of La Rochelle, France used for filming location for Raiders of the Lost Ark and Das Boot.
Mont-Saint-Michel
Mont-Saint-Michel has appeared in films including Mindwalk, Armageddon and To the Wonder, and it is also used in The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon.
St Michael’s Mount
St Michael’s Mount appears in Dracula (1979), Twelfth Night (1996), Johnny English (2003), and House of the Dragon (2022).
Deauville Beach Cabins
The Deauville beach cabins have appeared in both A Man and a Woman and Sentimental Value.
Piazza C.L.N.
Piazza C.L.N. in Turin is most famously known as a filming location for Dario Argento’s 1975 horror masterpiece Profondo Rosso (Deep Red).
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