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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider — Film Location

15 June 2001
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider — Film Location

Ta Prohm, the Angkor temple left in the embrace of strangler-fig and silk-cotton roots, became the gateway to a hidden tomb in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), where Angelina Jolie’s adventurer descends into a lost chamber beneath the ruins. The production filmed among the real collapsing galleries, and the great tree gripping the stone has been the ‘Tomb Raider tree’ to visitors ever since.

Filming location: quick answers

Where was Lara Croft: Tomb Raider filmed?

Among the real collapsing galleries of Ta Prohm, the Angkor temple left in the embrace of strangler-fig and silk-cotton roots, which became the gateway to a hidden tomb in the 2001 film.

What is the Tomb Raider tree?

The great tree gripping the stone at Ta Prohm. Visitors have called it the 'Tomb Raider tree' ever since Angelina Jolie's adventurer descended into a lost chamber beneath the ruins on screen.

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