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Shanghai Knights - Somerset House, London

Somerset House is a large neoclassical building in central London, overlooking the River Thames, just east of Waterloo Bridge. Sounds like the perfect location for the closing scene of a movie set in the late 19th century. Unfortunately, the building's courtyard was full of people and stuff ruining the nice 19th century feeling but the building itself looks just like in the movie.













Shanghai Knights - Abingdon Street, London

The villain's car leaving House of Lords. We get to see a nice view of Old Palace Yard including a bit of Westminster Abbey on the left and Houses of Parliament (partly covered in scaffolding) on the right.




Shanghai Knights - Hluboká Castle, Hluboká nad Vltavou

During its vibrant history, Hluboká Castle was rebuilt several times. It reached its current appearance during the 19th century, when Johann Adolf II von Schwarzenberg ordered the reconstruction of the castle in the romantic style of England's Windsor Castle.
For Shanghai Knights, the driveway to the castle wasn't romantic enough, so they built some additional walls and turrets. The castle including its inner courtyard is a tourist hotspot leaving zero chance for me to get pictures without other visitors photobombing them.









Shanghai Knights - Buckingham Palace, London

Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson walking towards the London residence and administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom. The scene doesn't feature the actors' faces and the palace in the same frame so it's not unlikely that we only get to see the backs of two stand ins.


The Medallion - Kwun Yam Temple

The Kwun Yam Temple (built in 1873) was named after the Goddess of Mercy who is known as a deity of sympathy and compassion, hearing the pleas of those who are suffering (including everyone who watched The Medallion).


Shanghai Knights - Palacký Bridge, Prague

The Palacký Bridge (1876) is one of the oldest bridges over the Vltava River in Prague. In Shanghai Knights it doubles for the Westminster Bridge next to the Houses of Parliament in London.













The Queen of England's loge was also built next to the Palacký Bridge. Unfortunately, the location is hard to identify because the intricate set design masks all its original characteristics.



Luckily, I stumbled upon a picture of the set construction which gives away its exact location. 


Shanghai Knights - Míšeňská, Prague

Míšeňská is a narrow cobblestone street in Prague's historic Malá Strana district right next to the west end of the famous Charles Bridge (one of the Prague locations in Brian De Palma's Mission Impossible). After taking the pictures we had some great dumplings at the "Lokal Inn" Hotel/Restaurant.








Shanghai Knights - Terezín, Riding Hall

Terezín's spacious riding hall (Jízdárna Terezín) provides the perfect setting for the wharf sequence. The imperial romantic style hall was built in the 1860s and features an elaborate wooden ceiling structure.
The North Bohemian town of Terezín (also known as Theresienstadt) is located approximately one hour's drive from Prague.