Where was The Last Temptation of Christ filmed?
1988 film by Martin Scorsese
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) was filmed in Jerusalem, Nazareth, Al-Aqsa Mosque, Meknes, Magdala and Azrou, 6 places named in its Wikipedia article's Filming section, in Palestine, Israel, Morocco. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as Morocco. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.
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Places per Wikipedia's Filming section
Wikipedia’s Filming section names 6 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🏙 Towns & cities
Jerusalem
🇵🇸 Palestine
city in the Middle East, holy to the three Abrahamic religions
“Meknes was used for the scenes in Jerusalem and the stables of Ismail Ibn Sharif were similar to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which Scorsese had hoped to use for the 1983 shoot.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Nazareth
🇮🇱 Israel
city in Israel; predominantly inhabited by Muslim-Arab citizens of Israel; a center of Christian pilgrimage as the childhood home of Jesus
“Shooting was done in Morocco and the village of Oumnast served as Nazareth and Magdala.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Meknes
🇲🇦 Morocco
city in Morocco
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🏙 Towns & cities
Azrou
🇲🇦 Morocco
City in Morocco
“Two days of filming was done in the mountains near Azrou and Itto.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Magdala
🇮🇱 Israel
ancient city, biblical location
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🛣 Streets & squares
Al-Aqsa Mosque
🇵🇸 Palestine
the main prayer hall of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Morocco, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Filming locations that are mapped there: Morocco
Also shot in these places
Set in the same places
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does The Last Temptation of Christ have?
No place recorded on Wikidata, but 6 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Hit & Run (2021–), each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.