🏙 Towns & cities
Vatican City
Holy See's independent state, an enclave within Rome, Italy
🇻🇦 Vatican City · 41.9040, 12.4530
Vatican City is recorded as a filming location for 2 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Vatican City, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 5 more. 1 video game is also set here.
“According to chief stunt co-ordinator Gary Powell, filming the chase had the "risk of skidding into the Vatican", and led to "a record for smashing up cars in Spectre—seven Aston Martins in all," with the film's car expenses estimated at £24 million ($48 million).”
Movies filmed in Vatican City
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Vatican City 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.
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2012
2009
“The film depicts the destruction of several cultural and historical landmarks around the world like Christ the Redeemer and the Vatican.” Wikipedia
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Cleopatra
1963
“The Vatican City newspaper L'Osservatore Romano published an "open letter" that condemned Taylor for her "erotic vagrancy." Meanwhile, Leon Shamroy, the cinematographer, had collapsed from exhaustion and Forrest "Johnny" Johnston, the production manager, fell gravely ill and exited the production.” Wikipedia
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Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
“Although Boorman wanted to film the majority of the film on location (including Ethiopia and The Vatican), many of his plans proved to be impossible, resulting in key exterior scenes having to be filmed at the Warner Bros.” Wikipedia
- The Devil Inside 2012
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The White Sheik
1952
“The White Sheik was filmed on location in Fregene, Rome, Spoleto and Vatican City.” Wikipedia
Set here
Video games that take place here. A game is filmed nowhere, so this is where the story is set rather than where a camera stood — a different claim from everything above, and kept under its own heading for that reason.
Set here, per Wikipedia
Games whose English Wikipedia article says they are set in Vatican City, where Wikidata’s narrative-location statement stops at the country. Still a setting and not a shoot, and still a sentence rather than a statement — two steps from the strongest evidence on this atlas, and labelled at both.
Filming locations nearby
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🎬 Studios & sets
Cinecittà
🇮🇹 Italy
film studio in Rome, Italy
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🏙 Towns & cities
Rome
🇮🇹 Italy
capital and largest city of Italy
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Castello di Lunghezza
🇮🇹 Italy
building in Rome, Italy
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Palace of Justice
🇮🇹 Italy
building housing the Supreme Courts of Justice of Italy in Rome
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Santa Maria della Quercia, Rome
🇮🇹 Italy
church building in Rome, Italy
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Colosseum
🇮🇹 Italy
ancient Roman amphitheatre, a landmark of Rome, Italy
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Vatican City?
7 productions are recorded as filmed in Vatican City, including Spectre (2015), Mission: Impossible III (2006) and 2012 (2009). 5 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Vatican City?
Spectre (2015), covered by 70 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Vatican City?
Vatican City is in Vatican City, at 41.9040, 12.4530.
What other filming locations are near Vatican City?
Cinecittà, Rome, Castello di Lunghezza, Palace of Justice and 2 more, 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 Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.