Towns & cities
Sigiriya
ancient rock fortress near Dambulla, Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka · 7.9569, 80.7597
Sigiriya 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.
“The film was shot in Sigiriya, in what was then Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and utilised several locations later used in The Bridge on the River Kwai.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Sigiriya 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Sigiriya?
1 production is recorded as filmed in Sigiriya, including The Purple Plain (1954). 1 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Where is Sigiriya?
Sigiriya is in Sri Lanka. Its coordinates are 7.9569, 80.7597.
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 Binuka poojan, CC BY-SA 4.0.