The English Patient filmed at Medina of Sfax, Sfax. The old medina of this Tunisian coastal city was used for the Cairo market scenes. On screen it's Cairo medina.
Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer. This is an area, not a spot. The coordinate is its middle, so use it to navigate to the place and not to line up a shot.
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Venture keeps every scene location on one map, sorted by how far you'd have to walk. Open it in Sfax and it tells you what was shot around you, how to get there, and whether you can actually go in.
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