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Doctor Zhivago

Aldeadávila Dam

Aldeadávila de la Ribera · Spain  ·  Dam that bookends story

Doctor Zhivago filmed at Aldeadávila Dam, Aldeadávila de la Ribera. A huge concrete hydroelectric dam on a river on the Spain-Portugal border bookends the story. On screen it's Russian hydroelectric dam.

Where to go

41.211786, -6.685781

Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.

Good to know

Title
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
On screen
Russian hydroelectric dam
In real life
Aldeadávila Dam, Aldeadávila de la Ribera
Can you visit?
Open to the public, free
Time to allow
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Confidence
Probable

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Questions

Where exactly did Doctor Zhivago film at Aldeadávila Dam?
At 41.211786, -6.685781 in Aldeadávila de la Ribera. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.
Can you visit Aldeadávila Dam?
Open to the public, free.
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