Maps of Movies
300 (2006)
Where 300 says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
The Greece you saw was built in a Montreal blue-screen studio: not one pass, sea or palace on screen was filmed there
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Scenes and places
A Spartan boyhood
A boy in Sparta is raised by the state to fight, and the story of how he becomes king is told by a soldier of the army.
Set in Sparta — The city where Spartan boys are taken from their mothers and raised to fight. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Sparta was the Greek city-state that raised its boys as soldiers.
Filmed at Icestorm Studios, Montreal (now closed) (Studio set (closed), Montreal, Canada) — The whole film was shot here against blue screens, so this stands in for every place on the list. The point is the city; the studio building's own coordinates are not in the sources. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: The studio has closed and there is nothing to visit; the pin marks the city only.
The herald and the pit
A Persian herald demands earth and water in the name of King Xerxes, and Leonidas answers by throwing him and his envoy into a bottomless pit.
Set in Sparta — The city where the Persian herald is received and refused. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A deep pit stands near the Spartan court; the film gives it no real-world counterpart.
Filmed at Icestorm Studios, Montreal (now closed) (Studio set (closed), Montreal, Canada) — The whole film was shot here against blue screens, so this stands in for every place on the list. The point is the city; the studio building's own coordinates are not in the sources. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: The studio has closed and there is nothing to visit; the pin marks the city only.
The Ephors and the oracle
Leonidas asks the Ephors to let him block the Persians in a narrow pass. They point to a festival and send him to the oracle, and the oracle agrees with them.
Set in The temple of the Ephors — The priests' sanctuary where the king asks leave to go to war.
The Ephors are the film's old priests who hold the right to bless or forbid a war.
Filmed at Icestorm Studios, Montreal (now closed) (Studio set (closed), Montreal, Canada) — The whole film was shot here against blue screens, so this stands in for every place on the list. The point is the city; the studio building's own coordinates are not in the sources. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: The studio has closed and there is nothing to visit; the pin marks the city only.
Through the pillaged village
Forbidden to send the army, Leonidas leaves with 300 soldiers; on the road they pick up Arcadian allies and walk through a village the Persians have already destroyed.
Set in Arcadia and the pillaged village — The road north where the Spartans meet Arcadian allies and a village the Persians have stripped.
The village is a made-up stop on the way to the pass.
Filmed at Icestorm Studios, Montreal (now closed) (Studio set (closed), Montreal, Canada) — The whole film was shot here against blue screens, so this stands in for every place on the list. The point is the city; the studio building's own coordinates are not in the sources. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: The studio has closed and there is nothing to visit; the pin marks the city only.
The Hot Gates
The Spartans and their allies reach the narrow pass and set up to hold it against an army far larger than theirs.
Set in Thermopylae (the Hot Gates) — The narrow coastal pass where the 300 make their stand. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A real mountain pass in central Greece, narrow enough for a small force to hold in the film.
Filmed at Icestorm Studios, Montreal (now closed) (Studio set (closed), Montreal, Canada) — The whole film was shot here against blue screens, so this stands in for every place on the list. The point is the city; the studio building's own coordinates are not in the sources. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: The studio has closed and there is nothing to visit; the pin marks the city only.
The storm at sea
While the Greeks hold the shore, a storm at sea sinks many of the Persian navy's ships.
Set in Aegean Sea — The sea where a storm sinks many Persian ships. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The pin is the middle of the Aegean, not a named spot; the film does not say where the ships went down.
Filmed at Icestorm Studios, Montreal (now closed) (Studio set (closed), Montreal, Canada) — The whole film was shot here against blue screens, so this stands in for every place on the list. The point is the city; the studio building's own coordinates are not in the sources. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: The studio has closed and there is nothing to visit; the pin marks the city only.
The Persian camp and the wall of bodies
The Spartans scout the Persian camp and build a wall using the bodies of dead Persian scouts as mortar.
Set in The Persian camp — A large encampment the Spartans scout before the fighting starts.
A made-up camp; the film places it near the pass but gives it no real location.
Filmed at Icestorm Studios, Montreal (now closed) (Studio set (closed), Montreal, Canada) — The whole film was shot here against blue screens, so this stands in for every place on the list. The point is the city; the studio building's own coordinates are not in the sources. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: The studio has closed and there is nothing to visit; the pin marks the city only.
The goat path
Ephialtes, born in Sparta to parents who fled with him, tells Leonidas about a goat path and asks to join the army.
Set in The goat path above the pass — A hidden mountain track that could let an army walk around the pass.
A made-up mountain track; the film does not place it on a real ridge.
Filmed at Icestorm Studios, Montreal (now closed) (Studio set (closed), Montreal, Canada) — The whole film was shot here against blue screens, so this stands in for every place on the list. The point is the city; the studio building's own coordinates are not in the sources. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: The studio has closed and there is nothing to visit; the pin marks the city only.
Gorgo before the Council
Back in Sparta, Queen Gorgo goes to the Council to argue that the whole army should be sent to Leonidas.
Set in The Spartan Council chamber — The hall in Sparta where the Council decides whether to send the army. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The pin is the city of Sparta; the chamber itself is a studio set.
Filmed at Icestorm Studios, Montreal (now closed) (Studio set (closed), Montreal, Canada) — The whole film was shot here against blue screens, so this stands in for every place on the list. The point is the city; the studio building's own coordinates are not in the sources. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: The studio has closed and there is nothing to visit; the pin marks the city only.
Filmed at Los Angeles, outdoor scene — The one outdoor scene, in which horses cross the countryside Google Maps · Apple Maps
Characters
- Leonidas — The Spartan king who refuses Persia and marches north with 300 men.
- Gorgo — Leonidas's queen, who speaks among men and takes the fight to the Council.
- Dilios — A Spartan soldier who narrates the story.
- Xerxes — The Persian God-King who demands earth and water.
Questions answered on the map
- Where was 300 really filmed?
- Where is the pit the Persian herald is thrown into?
- Where did the Persian fleet sink in 300?