Known thanks to blockbusters, places

Not mine, 25 photos, please do not break.

I've already shown you a few undistinguished locations made famous by blockbuster. And here is another impressive collection sights of the world, which are popular among tourists moviegoers. Then you and Hogwarts, and the flying island of Pandora and the village hobbits.
Harry Potter
For the filming of Diagon Alley was partially used Leadenhall Market (Leadenhall) in London. This is a huge food market, existing since the Middle Ages to the present day. Its ornately decorated Victorian covered shopping arcades look very impressive. In the first film in the Harry Potter corner shop Leadenhall served as the entrance to the Leaky Cauldron, through which, referring to the right brick wall, you can get into Diagon Alley.





2. Hogwarts field operations. For nearly 700 years, the castle owned by the Duke of Northumberland Eniko. This, the 12th of its kind, the owner went to the second largest inhabited castle in Britain. Eniko, which means the farm on the river Ain, first mentioned in chronicles of the XI century, when within a mile of the city wall was assassinated Scottish King Malcolm Canmore. In the gloom of the medieval fortress noticed many directors of feature films: here filming "Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots", "Elizabeth", "Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves" with Kevin Costner and, of course, Harry Potter.



3. Forbidden Forest. Filming Locations: Black Park, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire. The trees in the thicket of the forest grow so thickly that there reigns even in the twilight of a bright sunny day.



4. Library of Hogwarts. Bodleian Library - Library of the University of Oxford, which is contested at the Vatican to be called the oldest in Europe, and the British - the title of the largest book collection UK. 1610 (officially - from 1662) years is entitled to receive legal deposit of all publications produced in the country.



5. Cabinet McGonagall. Durham Cathedral Christ, the Virgin Mary and St. Cuthbert (Durham Cathedral) - the UK's first monument to the material entered (along with nearby Durham Castle) in the number of World Heritage sites. It is a pure sample of the Norman Romanesque recension.



6. Hogsmeade Station, which comes Hogwarts - Express, otvozyaschy all students in the school of Witchcraft and Wizardry, was filmed at the station in Goathland, Yorkshire. This small town with a population of barely more than 400 people, is the second in her age railroad in the United Kingdom.



7. The Ministry of Magic. Street near St James Westminster, London, connecting the Northumberland Avenue and Uaytholl.Mesto izvetsno those chtoyavlyaetsya rear entrance to the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service.



8. Godric's Hollow. Charming place close to the city of Bath, Wiltshire, with a small population (just over 1,000). Lacock is a national treasure in England, she is considered one of the oldest places of Great Britain. The construction of many buildings began in the 13th century. Here you can see the house of the parents of Harry Potter and the home of Horace Slughorn.



9. Avatar
The image of the flying island in the movie "Avatar" is taken from real life. China Hunan province, or rather the mountain Tszyankunchzhu inspired the director to create a fabulous landscape of Pandora. A film crew for a few days photographed mountain Tszyankunchzhu and local landscape Wulingyuan to recreate the heavenly islands and air Pandora.



10. The film "Avatar" brought glory to Hunan Province, making it an important tourist attraction. Tourists from all over the world come to witness the very flying islands.



11. The place is famous for its quartzite cliffs up to 1000 meters. The highest peaks Wulingyuan reach a height of more than 3 km in altitude.



12. Mount Tianmen Mountain, which literally translates as "Heaven's Gate", at an altitude of 1430 meters built glass suspension bridge. This bridge, 60 meters in length, is laid almost along the very top. Because of its location, it serves as a viewing platform, which offers a wonderful view of the surroundings. Glass bridge constantly maintained in complete purity, resulting in tourists is hard to get used to the feeling of emptiness beneath his feet.



13. Sanctum
The main backdrop for the story of the film Sanctum were caves. The film speaks of a cave in New Guinea - cave Esa-ala. But, in fact, real shooting "Sanctum" took place in a cave or Swallows Sotano de las Golondrinas, which is not unknown among the cave explorers and adventurers and is located in Mexico city Aquismón. In its depth Cave of Swallows in Mexico is among the ten deepest caves in the world.



14. Cave of Swallows has the shape of the bottle, "throat" which - the most impenetrable plot. It is because of its structure the cave does not seem so deep in fact. And in fact, the depth of the cave Swallows (abyss) reaches about 376 meters.



15. Lord of the Rings
Hobbiton. Everyone is familiar with the fact that the trilogy "The Lord of the Rings" was filmed in New Zealand.
Shire was established on private farms in the vicinity of the small town of Matamata, where the crew spent almost four months. After shooting scenery decided to disassemble. So wish and land owners.



16. After the release of the first film, "Lord of the Rings. Fellowship of the Ring "in Matamata began a pilgrimage of tourists. The city therefore has received the second, unofficial name - Hobbiton.



17. Mount Olympus. Fellowship of the Ring is hiding here from the black crows of Saruman.



18. River Mangavero. Gollum catch fish here.



19. Star Wars.
A small town in the south of Tunisia, the administrative center of Tataouine Governorate. It is here that director George Lucas filmed some scenes of the famous stories.



20. Beach
Maya Bay, Thailand - is a stunningly beautiful place, which protect the 100-meter high cliffs. The bay has a number of beaches, mostly small ones.



21. The series Lost and Pearl Harbor



22. This is one of the largest of the Hawaiian Islands, there is the state capital of Honolulu. It is no exaggeration to say that Oahu - a paradise in the Pacific Ocean.



23. Shooting the crash took place on the beach Mokuleya. In these same places, at the time, part of the scenes filmed "Jurassic Park."



24. Spider-Man
Filming Locations: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. The interiors of this museum in the film is a research institute where Peter Parker was bitten by a spider with altered DNA. This is one of the largest museums in the Western US. Its collection includes 35 million various exhibits, which cover 4, 5 billion years of history. Note that inside the museum were shooting some scenes of the sixth season of the sitcom "How I Met Your Mother."



25. Peter Parker is known to be moonlighting as a photographer for the newspaper Daily Bugle. A revision of publication was in the famous New York-iron house on Fifth Avenue, one of the symbol of the biggest US cities. The building is also present in the movie "Godzilla."

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