A real place on screen

Plaza de España

A sweeping semicircle of galleries, tiled bridges and a canal created for the Ibero-American Exposition. Its arcaded architecture provided a real setting for Naboo’s capital.

Architect / attribution
Aníbal González
Building chronology
1929
Place
Seville, Andalusia, Spain

The real building

Films at Plaza de España

Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)

On screen: Theed on Naboo

Andalucía Film Commission identifies Plaza de España as a filming location for the Naboo scenes.

In the film

Movie frames and production stills are shown separately from photographs of the real building. Film and image credits remain with their respective owners.

Movie frame

Anakin and Padmé walk through the colonnade of Plaza de España as they arrive on Naboo.
Anakin and Padmé walk through the colonnade of Plaza de España as they arrive on Naboo.

Lucasfilm Ltd. · Scene image source

Filming evidence

Building sources

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