FUN FACT. To return to an earlier theme, Ait Benhaddou served as the backdrop for the city of Yunkai in season 3 of the Game of Thrones, a filming location for Oliver Stone’s Alexander, as well as for Ridley Scott’s Gladiator, the setting for Jesus of Nazareth by Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, parts of the sequel to the smash Romancing the Stone, The Jewel of the Nile, were filmed at the site, not to be outdone director Martin Scorsese shot The Last Temptation of Christ at the location,…
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