The fictional world in which the A Song of Ice and Fire novels by George R. R. Martin take place is divided into several continents, known collectively as The Known World.
The Wall in the Ice and Fire series was inspired by Hadrian's Wall in the North of England.
Season 2 of the TV adaptation featured scenes set north of the Wall that were filmed on the Vatnajökull glacier in Iceland.
For the TV adaptation, the harbour of Ballintoy in Northern Ireland was redressed as the port of Pyke.
For the TV adaptation, images of the Greek rock formations of Meteora were used for the composite views of the Vale.
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Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is the first adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of high fantasy novels b
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…becomes under siege by an alliance of various city-states led by Yunkai, while a resistance known as the Sons of the Harpy rise up within. For the HBO television series, many of the scenes in Meereen were filmed in Split and the Fortress of Klis, Croatia. In Season 5, Daznak's Pit in the city was shot in the Plaza de…
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Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister)
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister)
Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister)