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Film locations in Valletta
Malta's capital Valletta has stood in for Istanbul, Jerusalem and Rome; Fort St Elmo at its tip was the Turkish prison in Midnight Express (1978).
Valletta is a 16th-century fortified capital on a peninsula between two harbours. Its forts and baroque streets have been dressed as many other cities over the decades.
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Fort St Elmo
Fort St Elmo in Valletta was the Turkish prison in Midnight Express (1978).
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Eagle Street, Valletta
Eagle Street (Triq l-Ajkla), a tiny stepped lane in Valletta, is where Arya Stark tries to swap a pigeon for bread just before following the crowd to her father's execution in Game of Thrones season 1, episode 9 'Baelor'.
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St George's Square
St George's Square, the open square in front of the Grandmaster's Palace in Valletta, is where the stunt team filmed raptors chasing Owen Grady through the city for Jurassic World Dominion in late summer 2020.
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Victoria Gate
Victoria Gate, the 1885 gateway leading from Valletta down to the Grand Harbour, is the arch Owen Grady races through towards the airstrip at the end of the Malta chase in Jurassic World Dominion (2022).
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Church of Our Lady of Liesse
The Church of Our Lady of Liesse, the Baroque church just below Victoria Gate above Valletta's harbour, is where Owen and Barry keep watch from the rooftop over the city in Jurassic World Dominion (2022).
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St Ursula Street
St Ursula Street and nearby St Nicholas Street in Valletta are the narrow streets where Jurassic World Dominion (2022) filmed its truck chase, and the British Hotel at the street's harbour end played the 'Athens' hotel in Spielberg's Munich (2005).
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Merchants Street
Merchants Street, the long market street parallel to Republic Street in Valletta, was dressed with sand, carts and stalls as 15th-century Spain for the parkour rooftop chase in Assassin's Creed (2016), filmed from late summer 2015.
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Basilica of St Dominic
The Basilica of St Dominic (Porto Salvo) on Merchants Street in Valletta is where Assassin's Creed (2016) filmed the climax of its rooftop chase, with Aguilar fighting across the basilica's roof.
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Republic Square
Republic Square, the café-filled square in front of the National Library on Valletta's Republic Street, played a terrace café in 'Rome' in Steven Spielberg's Munich (2005).
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Old Customs House
The old Customs House on Valletta's Lascaris waterfront, below Lascaris Bastion, is where Poirot boards the boat leaving 'Jerusalem' at the start of Kenneth Branagh's Murder on the Orient Express (2017).
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Mediterranean Conference Centre (Sacra Infermeria)
Valletta's Mediterranean Conference Centre, the Knights' 1574 Sacra Infermeria hospital, played the 'Bank Internazzjonali ta' Malta' in season three of Queen of the South and the hospital for the criminally insane in Midnight Express.
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Strait Street (Strada Stretta)
Strait Street, Valletta's narrow former sailors' quarter, gave its name to the Maltese TV drama Strada Stretta (2015–2017), which was filmed mainly on the street itself. Big-budget films have also dressed its lanes.
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Every film spot in Valletta, with the exact place to stand.