Where is Blackwater Bay in real life?

Blackwater Bay (The Golden Horn, Istanbul, Turkey)
A credible real-life stand-in for Blackwater Bay is the Golden Horn, the primary inlet of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Where is King's Landing in real life?

Explore King's Landing (aka the Old City of Dubrovnik)

Dubrovnik plays the role of King's Landing in Game of Thrones. If you need a quick refresher, King's Landing is the capital and the largest city of the Seven Kingdoms. Head out on a day tour of the Old City of Dubrovnik to immerse yourself in the GoT world.
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Where is Dorne in Game of Thrones in real life?

We start our trip around Westeros in the far south: Dorne. We've seen Dorne multiple times throughout the seasons, but the most visually interesting is the Water Gardens, also known in the real world as the Alcazar de Sevilla in Spain.
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What is Dorne in real life?

Alcázar of Seville, Spain (Dorne's Sunspear)

Though the palace is Seville's biggest tourist attraction, the cast and crew got permission to shut half of it down to film crucial scenes set in Dorne, the southernmost part of the kingdom of Westeros.
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Is the Sept of Baelor real?

King's Landing, the capital of Westeros, may have been filmed mainly in the picturesque Croatian city of Dubrovnik, but Girona Cathedral doubles as the Great Sept of Baelor, King's Landings's largest building, a centre of religion and the setting of some key scenes that culminate with the destruction of the Sept when ...
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Where is Braavos in real life?

Braavos' real life counterpart is the Croatian city of Šibenik, located part-way along the coast near the Adriatic Sea, which is also the oldest native Croatian town along the country's shoreline.
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Is King's Landing a real castle?

Dubrovnik was the main filming location in Croatia for King's Landing, a fictional city in Game of Thrones, the famous television series based on the series of fantasy novels “A Song of Ice and Fire” and distributed by HBO.
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Where is Valyria in real-life?

Valyria = Ancient Greece

Their language formed the base for the continent's language(s).
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What city is Braavos based on?

Braavos is based on Venice.
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Where is Westeros in real-life?

Most of the action in Game of Thrones takes place in Westeros. Author of the series George R.R. Martin has stated that Westeros is based on medieval Britain, but as a full-sized continent that is roughly the same size as real-life South America.
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What castle is dragonstone in real life?

The centerpiece, San Juan de Gaztelugatxe in Bermeo along the Bay of Biscay, boasts a snaking stone staircase that leads to the peak of the striking islet. This is what stands as the site for the main Dragonstone Castle.
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Is Pyke castle real?

Pyke. In real life its less of a threatening abode, and more of a pretty seaside landmark to visit. Dunluce Castle is a now-ruined medieval castle in Northern Ireland. Like the series, the castle is only accessible via a bridge, however the real bridge is a little less daunting.
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Where is Winterfell filmed?

Castle Ward, Northern Ireland (Winterfell)

Home to the Stark family and characters like Jon Snow and Hodor, we've spent a lot of time watching characters there grow, but also suffer. For all this drama involving the Stark children, we have Castle Ward in Northern Ireland to thank.
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Did Game of Thrones use real castles?

As iconic as they are on the series, Castle Black and Hardhome are both artificial sets and are not filmed at real castles. Bits of each have been filmed at Magheramorne Quarry in Ireland, but the majority of the locations' filming is set-based.
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Is the wall in GoT real?

A new study suggests that, no, it's not realistic, because without magic, such a barrier would fall rapidly. The gigantic icy barrier simply known as "the Wall" in "Game of Thrones" is about 700 feet high, 300 miles long and wide enough at its top for a dozen mounted knights to ride side by side.
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Where are the Braavos scenes filmed?

Braavos: Šibenik, Croatia

While the oh-so-creepy House of Black and White was created from scratch, many of the city scenes were filmed in the old town of Šibenik.
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What city is Winterfell based on?

Castle Ward, Northern Ireland

The real-life Winterfell is at Castle Ward in County Down, Northern Ireland. Aside from hosting "Game of Thrones" tours, it's a beautiful National Trust property on the shores of Strangford Lough, with an 18th-century stately home and acres of landscaped gardens to explore.
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What is Valyria based on?

Valyria itself is based on Roman empire republic, but also has something from Egypt and a little touch of Mongolian Empire.
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What country does Winterfell represent?

Northern Ireland, UK: Winterfell, Vaes Dothrak, Kings Road, Storm's End, Castle Black, the Iron Islands …
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Is Valyrian a real language?

Right now, High Valyrian has grown to comprise about 2,000 words, according to Peterson. The language may be fictional, but it has its own — very real — system of rules that govern it, same as any other language.
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What religion are the Targaryens?

The Valyrian religion was polytheistic with a pantheon of several gods. The Targaryens named several of their dragons after the gods of old Valyria: Balerion, Vhagar, and Meraxes.
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Why is Daenerys Stormborn not Targaryen?

Thirteen years before the series' events (16 years in the television series), after her father and eldest brother Rhaegar were killed during Robert's rebellion, Daenerys was born during a great storm, earning her the nickname "Stormborn".
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Where was Casterly Rock filmed?

CASTLE OF TRUJILLO, SPAIN

The exterior shots of House Lannister's imposing home at Casterly Rock were mainly filmed at the Castle of Trujillo in Spain. Two-hour tours of the castle and the surrounding village that combineThan real-world history with Westerosi lore can be taken for as little as $15 per person.
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Where is the real Game of Thrones chair?

While filming, HBO gave the Iron Throne to Dubrovnik city, and it's on Lokrum island, so if you are a true fan, you have to sit down on it and take a picture.
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Where is Dorne beach filmed?

The lavish royal palace in Dorne was filmed on location in Spain at Alcázar of Seville. But the coast of Dorne can actually be found in Northern Ireland. Portstewart Strand is a beach located between the mouth of the River Bann and the town of Portstewart, which served as the warm and mysterious coast of Dorne.
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