Since the prequel’s announcement in 2019, Game of Thrones fans has eagerly awaited this August’s release of House of The Dragon. The HBO series was developed by Ryan J. Condal and George R. R. Martin and is centered on Martin’s book Fire & Blood. Many viewers will be thrilled to see the show led by the all-star House of the Dragon casting because it will chart the rise and decline of House Targaryen as well as the new House of Velaryon and their adversary, the crab feeder. Reverse engineering has been used to make this latest series of the Seven Kingdoms saga fit into well-known “Game of Thrones” family histories and plot threads. The new series is packed with family drama and intrigue. If you happen to struggle with the tangled Targaryen family tree, check the recent infographics from ExpressVPN that explains their relations in more detail.
Filming locations
Many different countries were used for the filming locations. In addition to the UK, it was filmed in Croatia, Iceland, Spain, and Portugal. A large part of the interior filming for House of the Dragon was shifted to the Warner Bros. Leavesden Studios. The picturesque southwest part of England’s Cornwall served as the location for filming the High-level castle, the native land of House Velaryon, just on the island of Driftmark.
Castleton, Derbyshire, England
The Vale of Arryn was based on Castleton, a high-peaked Derbyshire township home to one of Britain’s oldest lead mines. Game of Thrones enthusiasts might recall that all this served as the residence of the Eyrie and Arryn, a stronghold where adversaries could be killed by being driven through it with a moon door. Celts first inhabited the region, and it is famed for its traditional English hamlets, and it’s a core national park, which is home to the limestone valley of Cave Dale.
St. Michael’s Mount in Mount’s Bay, Cornwall, England
St. Michael’s Mount is a rocky tidal island with a medieval church from the twelfth century and a small dwelling area connected to the Marazion’s island by a channel visitors can access on foot during low tide. In Blackwater Bay, the sizable body of water at the edge of Kings Landing, the largest castle on the island, serves as the fictional Driftmark in the House of the Dragon. Previously, Driftmark appeared in the War of the Blackwater episode of Game of Thrones. On the eastern edge of Mount’s Bay, Kynance Cove, a neighborhood of St. Michael’s Mount, is renowned for its beaches, white sands, clear water, and numerous caves. The beach at Kynance Cove appears in House of the Dragons for the camp of Velaryon.
Various Beaches
House of the Dragon’s aquatic scenes were also inspired by Holywell Bay’s golden sand beaches, the seashore Hill at Hartland Quay in Devon, and the neighboring St. Cuthbert’s Well, a cave carved into a cliff by the waves of the nearby ocean.
Monsanto, Portugal
This historic hill in central Portugal, whose name translates to “Holy Mountain,” is a carbon copy of Dragonstone, the seat of House Targaryen. Its terrain includes granite cottages tucked amid enormous boulders, a medieval clock tower perched atop a hill, and prehistoric rock formations. Its streets wind up an extremely steep incline, also named Mons Sanctus, and are made of small cobbled rocks. Monsanto, one of Twelve historic settlements in Portugal, is just across the border from Spain and dates back more than 500 years. The village still has building restrictions to protect its traditional beauty, having been named the most Portuguese township in Portugal in 1938. Burnt red and orange roofed homes with walls carved directly into them cover the vista.
Spain’s La Calahorra, Granada
The eastern Granada municipality of La Calahorra has been transformed into Pentos, one of the towns bordering the sea of Westeros, the show’s fictitious continent. Castillo de La Calahorra, a medieval fortress located on the lone hill in the region at the base of the Sierra Nevada range, is one of the city’s most well-known landmarks. The castle’s exterior, which serves as House Targaryen’s residence on House of the Dragon, defies the rules of gothic design, making it one of the earliest buildings influenced by the renaissance to be constructed in Spain between 1509 and 1512. Its stunning split-level interior features a central courtyard, four-sided towers, and marble.
Plasencia, Cáceres, Extremadura
The western part of the peninsula is home to this great wall with its ancient cobblestone streets. Its backdrop was used to create Kings Landing, a crucial location in both House of the Dragon and Game of Thrones. Its structure is a synthesis of Moorish, Gothic, and Renaissance designs.
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