SCENE

The Imperial capital of Kaitain.

ADDRESS

Altivole, Italy

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LOCATION DETAILS

According to an article on ArchitecturalDigest.com: "When production designer Patrice Vermette read the script for the sequel, he envisioned one very specific location for the gardens on the Imperium planet of Kaitain, Princess Irulan (Florence Pugh), and the Emperor’s (Christopher Walken) home. What immediately came to mind was the post-modernist Brion tomb in Altivole, Italy, a small northern town with a population hovering around 7,000. The cemetery there was designed by Carlo Scarpa, an architect whose work has been an inspiration to Vermette for over 30 years, and whose work influenced Vermette in his designs for Caladan and Arakeen in the first film." "When he shared photos of the cemetery with Villeneuve, the director was immediately interested in the prospect, but the managers of the property weren’t keen on welcoming film crews. It’s a private cemetery for the Brion family, and they’d never accepted a filming request before. It wasn’t until they realized that one of the family members was a fan of Dune: Part One that the request was approved. The Kaitain exteriors were shot in the gardens, and the interiors at the beginning of the film were shot inside of the cemetery’s chapel, though sets for later scenes on Kaitain were built on the Budapest soundstage."

(source https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/where-was-dune-2-filmed)