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Monastir

Tunisian town

Tunisia · 35.7780, 10.8262

Monastir is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Monastir, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 2 more.

2 productions were filmed at 1 place inside Monastir rather than at Monastir itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“The film was shot on location in Monastir, Tunisia, which allowed the production to reuse sets from Franco Zeffirelli's Jesus of Nazareth (1977).”
Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979) · Wikipedia

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Monastir
Photo: Gorik Francois · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Movies filmed in Monastir

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Monastir as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Monastir

2 productions shot at 1 place inside Monastir, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Monastir itself.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Monastir?

5 productions are recorded as filmed in Monastir, 2 of them at places inside it, including Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979), Jesus of Nazareth (1977–) and Moawiya. 2 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Monastir?

Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979), covered by 61 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Monastir?

Monastir is in Tunisia. Its coordinates are 35.7780, 10.8262.

What other filming locations are near Monastir?

Ribat of Monastir (under 1 km), Sousse (18 km west), Port El Kantaoui (24 km north-west), Mansoura (37 km south-east) and 1 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.

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 Gorik Francois, CC BY-SA 2.0.