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Meknes
city in Morocco
🇲🇦 Morocco · 33.8833, -5.5500
Meknes is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 3 productions — 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.
“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.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Meknes 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.
Filming locations nearby
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Meknes?
3 productions are recorded as filmed in Meknes, including The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Of Gods and Men (2010) and The Jewel of the Nile (1985). 3 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Meknes?
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), covered by 48 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Meknes?
Meknes is in Morocco, at 33.8833, -5.5500.
What other filming locations are near Meknes?
Volubilis, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
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 Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0.