When in Westeros - Croatia

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Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome back to the World of Thrones blog!

Today’s blog will be the part of our series When in Westeros which will be looking into the filming locations of the Game of Thrones TV show. The week’s set of locations we are looking at are in Croatia!

Many of the scenes from season 2 onwards were filmed in Dubrovnik, Croatia. It is mainly used for scenes relating to King’s Landing but other scenes not King’s Landing related were also filmed. Other surrounding areas were used for these scenes but all in Croatia. I think that the use of Dubrovnik is lovely because unlike sets in Belfast, you can actually go visit some of the locations which you don’t get to do often. Below are a list of some of the locations and how they were used for the show!

City Walls - Walls of King’s Landing     St. Dominic Street - Market scenes in King’s Landing   Fort Lovrijenac (Fort of St. Lawrence) - Walls used in season 2 premiere, during the Battle of Blackwater   Fort Bokar - seen as Tyrion and Varys look out onto the bay   Pile Gate - where the Lannister see Princess Myrcella off, where Sansa and Shae are watching ships   Gradac Park - where Purple Wedding feast took place

Belvedere Atrium - where trial by combat happened between Oberyn Martell and Gregor Clegane     Trsteno Arboretum - Red Keep’s extensive garden     Rector’s Palace     Stradun- Walk of Penance in season 5     Minčeta Tower - exterior and steps of House of the Undying in Qarth     Lokrum Island - Location of garden party in Qarth     Dubac quarry - construction site for large Gates of Qarth

• Diocletian’s Palace - Season 4 like underground passageways in Meereen

• Perun Quarry

• Mosor Mountain

• Castle Ward - Winterfell exteriors, generic army camp scenes, The Twins (digitally inserted)

• Imotski

• Trogir

• Baška Voda

• Šibenik Exterior shots of Braavos

• Klis Fortress- Meereen exteriors

• Kaštel Gomilica - Braavos exteriors for season 5

Well that’s it for today’s When in Westeros! We hope you’ve enjoyed learning about this as much as we have and look forward to next instalment. If you have any suggestions of what you what you want us to look at next leave a comment!

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