Where was The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King filmed?
2003 film by Peter Jackson
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) — 7 places named in its Wikipedia article, in New Zealand, Germany. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as New Zealand. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.
Part of the Peter Jackson's Middle-earth film series · the The Lord of the Rings film series
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Places named in Wikipedia's article
The article’s article names 7 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to the sentence’s home.
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🏙 Towns & cities
Queenstown
🇳🇿 New Zealand
resort town in Otago Region, New Zealand
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🏙 Towns & cities
Matamata
🇳🇿 New Zealand
town in New Zealand
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Mount Ruapehu
🇳🇿 New Zealand
active stratovolcano in central North Island, New Zealand
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Pūtangirua Pinnacles
🇳🇿 New Zealand
rock formation in New Zealand
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Palatine Chapel in Aachen
🇩🇪 Germany
historical part of Aachen Cathedral, Germany
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Rangipo Desert
🇳🇿 New Zealand
desert in New Zealand
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🏙 Towns & cities
Twizel
🇳🇿 New Zealand
town in New Zealand
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in New Zealand, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Filming locations that are mapped there: New Zealand