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Asmara

capital city of Eritrea

🇪🇷 Eritrea · 15.3333, 38.9167

Asmara is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia article of 1 production — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.

“For House of Wax, we built an entire town." The design of Ambrose was inspired by Asmara, the capital city of Eritrea.”
House of Wax (2005) · Wikipedia

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Asmara
Photo: sailko · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Asmara as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Asmara?

1 production is recorded as filmed in Asmara, including House of Wax (2005). 1 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Where is Asmara?

Asmara is in Eritrea, at 15.3333, 38.9167.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0.