History Main / HeyItsThatPlace

** It doubled for New York in ''[[Film/ShortCircuit Short Circuit 2]]'', ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008'', ''Series/{{Suits}}'', and ''Series/TheBoys2019''.
*** Lampshaded in ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' in which Toronto plays itself, but in a fight scene at a film shoot, Scott is sent flying through an Empire State Building backdrop, which tears to reveal the CN Tower behind it.

* The UsefulNotes/{{Ancient Gree|ce}}k temple of [[Characters/ClassicalMythologyOlympians Hera]] in Paestum near Salerno is one of the best preserved in the world and it's been used for many SwordAndSandal films. Two [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek mythology]]-based films with special effects by Creator/RayHarryhausen were filmed there, 1963's ''Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts'' and 1981's ''Film/{{Clash of the Titans|1981}}''.

* The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloedel_Floral_Conservatory Bloedel Conservatory and Aviary]] in Queen Elizabeth Park has appeared in ''Series/StargateSG1'', ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'', ''Series/{{Sliders}}'', ''Film/GSaviour'', ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'', ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'', ''Film/BeyondTheBlackRainbow'', ''Series/Supergirl2015'', ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'', ''Series/{{Eureka}}'', ''Series/{{Fringe}}'', ''Series/{{Continuum}}'' and ''Series/{{Timeless}}''.

* BronsonCanyonAndCaves

This area right North of Paris has a high concentration of big 17th-18th century castles (more akin to palaces).

* The castle of Chantilly has been used for ''Film/LeGentlemanDEpsom'', ''Film/TheLongestDay'', ''Film/AViewToAKill'', ''ComicBook/MichelVaillant'', Beaumarchais, ''Film/FarewellMyQueen'' and 2023's ''Film/{{The Three Musketeers|2023}}'', among others. Its world-renowned horse race facilities are also used sometimes (most famously in ''A View to a Kill'').

* The castle of Vaux-le-Vicomte is often used when Versailles is not available [[note]]appropriately enough, its first owner Nicolas Fouquet threw parties that rivaled those of King UsefulNotes/LouisXIV in Versailles, which played a role in his downfall among other things[[/note]] as far as quintessential French 17th-18th century places are concerned, or really just to play its own role sometimes. Things that were filmed there include ''Film/TheMarriedCoupleOfTheYearTwo'', ''Film/DelusionsOfGrandeur'' (where it {{California Doubl|ing}}ed as a Spanish castle), ''Que la fête commence'', ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'' (where it is a French castle displaced in California stone by stone, no less), ''Film/{{Valmont}}'', ''Film/RevengeOfTheMusketeers'', ''The King's Alley'', ''Marquise'', ''Film/{{Ridicule}}'', ''Film/TheManInTheIronMask'', ''[[Film/LesVisiteurs Les Visiteurs II: The Corridors of Time]]'', ''The King Dances'', ''Vatel'', ''Film/BrotherhoodOfTheWolf'', ''Film/{{Vidocq}}'', ''[[Series/Napoleon2002 Napoléon]]'', ''Film/MarieAntoinette2006'', ''The Evasion of Louis XVI'', ''Le Roi, l'Écureuil et la Couleuvre'' (about its former owner Fouquet, precisely), ''Series/{{Versailles}}'', ''Film/TheEmperorOfParis'' and ''Series/MarieAntoinette2022'', among many others.

* The castle of Ermenonville was used for Creator/JeanRenoir's ''Elena et les Hommes'' (1956), ''Film/LesVisiteurs (1993) and its 1998 sequel, Creator/ClaudeZidi's ''Arlette'' (1997) and Gabriel Aghion's ''Belle-maman'' (1999).

* The coastal castle Fort la Latte, or Castle of the Rock Goyon, in the Côtes d'Armor department of the Brittany region, was used for 1931's ''Le parfum de la dame en noir'', ''Film/TheVikings'', ''Film/{{The Three Musketeers|1961}}'' (1961), ''Lancelot du Lac'' (1970), the series ''L'Épervier'' and another adaptation of ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'', the [[Film/TheThreeMusketeers2023 2023 one]].

!!Atlantic Ocean coasts in Western France:

* The département of Dordogne is exceptionally well suited for {{Period Piece}}s set in either TheMiddleAges or TheCavalierYears with all its preserved castles, old churches and abbeys, towns that retained medieval looks and forests.
** The castle of Beynac (one of the best preserved of its kind in France) was used for ''Film/LeCapitan'', ''Film/RevengeOfTheMusketeers'', ''[[Film/LesVisiteurs Les Visiteurs II: The Corridors of Time]]'', ''Film/EverAfter'', ''Film/{{Chocolat}}'', ''Film/{{Fanfan la Tulipe|2003}}'', ''Film/TheMessengerTheStoryOfJoanOfArc'' and ''Film/TheLastDuel''.
** The castle of Biron was used for ''Le Capitan'', ''Film/RevengeOfTheMusketeers'' and ''Film/BrotherhoodOfTheWolf''.
** The bastide (old fortified medieval town) of Monpazier. Creator/RidleyScott really loves the place and filmed ''Film/TheDuellists'' and ''Film/TheLastDuel'' there. It was also used for films such as ''Film/LeCapitan'', ''Film/TheMusketeer'' or ''Film/{{Fanfan la Tulipe|2003}}''.
** The old town of Sarlat-la-Canéda was also used for ''Revenge of the Musketeers'', ''Les Visiteurs II: The Corridors of Time'' and ''Film/BrotherhoodOfTheWolf'', as well as ''DerivativeWorks/LesMiserables'' (1982), ''Jacquou le Croquant'', ''Nicolas Le Floch'' and ''Les Fauves''.

* The castle of Chantilly right North of UsefulNotes/{{Paris}} in the Oise departement has been used for ''Film/LeGentlemanDEpsom'', ''Film/TheLongestDay'', ''Film/AViewToAKill'', ''ComicBook/MichelVaillant'', Beaumarchais, ''Film/FarewellMyQueen'' and 2023's ''Film/{{The Three Musketeers|2023}}'', among others. Its world-renowned horse race facilities are also used sometimes (most famously in ''A View to a Kill'').

* Atlantic Ocean coasts in Western France:
** The UsefulNotes/WorldWarII German submarine pen of La Rochelle was used in ''Film/DasBoot'' and ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' (which were filmed there at the same time) as well as in the ''Series/{{Das Boot|2018}}'' series.
** The fortress/former prison of Series/FortBoyard off the coast of La Rochelle isn't just the site of the eponymous GameShow. A scene of ''Film/LoveOnAPillow'' was filmed there, as well as ''Les Aventuriers'' and ''Liberté-Oléron''.
* The castle of Pierrefonds, known best now for playing Camelot in ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'', also appeared in several other shows and movies-one example was as an Italian castle in the ''Series/{{Highlander}}'' episode "Star-Crossed". Long before that, at least five {{swashbuckler}} movies starring Creator/JeanMarais (''The Eagle with two Heads'', ''Film/{{Le Bossu|1959}}'', ''Film/LeCapitan'', ''Film/TheMiracleOfTheWolves'' and ''Peau d'Âne'') were shot there. And also ''Film/GrampsIsInTheResistance''.
* On UsefulNotes/LeMetropolitain in UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}, Porte des Lilas station is frequently used as a go-to location for filming on the system. In 1921, a short shuttle line connecting Line 3 and 7 was built, but this closed down in 1939. In subsequent years this short stretch of track became a testing area, and the abandoned platforms at Porte des Lilas (fittingly named "Porte des Lilas - Cinema") became an ideal filming location due to its typical Paris Metro architecture, lack of public access, and the fact that trains can still easily enter it.

* The castle of Chantilly right North of UsefulNotes/{{Paris}} in the Oise departement has been used for ''Film/LeGentlemanDEpsom'', ''Film/TheLongestDay'', ''Film/AViewToAKill'', ''ComicBook/MichelVaillant'', Beaumarchais and ''Film/FarewellMyQueen'', among others. Its world-renowned horse race facilities are also used sometimes (most famously in ''A View to a Kill'').