Watching Game of Thrones is like taking a virtual trip to foreign lands, both in your imagination and in the real world. The lovely settings are heavily augmented with computer-generate imagery, but they are filmed in real historic places. And the production travels to gorgeous far-flung spots to get the right look. For example, King’s Landing is a real place -in Croatia.
Following season one, King’s Landing was relocated to the grey and rocky coastline of Dubrovnik, a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea. This was the ideal location because the city is walled, has a diverse architecture and many more classic tile roofs than there are stone lions. The crew also did some filming on the island of Lokrum. Dubrovnik remains as the current location for King’s Landing today. The Trsteno Arboretum, also located in Dubrovnik, is the filming location of the royal gardens and a location of much intrigue. Within this verdant setting, Margaery Tyrell and Olenna Tyrell plotted against the Baratheon and Lannister families among a gorgeous setting of flowers and sunshine.
See how Game of Thrones’ fantasy places resemble real locations in Spain, Malta, Morocco, and Northern Ireland as well, at Housely.
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The Great Way is not difficult for those that have no preferences. When Love and Hate are both absent, everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make the smallest distinction however, and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart.
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And pestilence is still alive and kicking today. In fact they are still monitoring the rat population in certain areas around the world to make sure we don't get another epidemic.
"Climate changes associated with global warming favor outbreaks of bubonic plague in areas where humans live in close proximity to infested rats or fleas."
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/environmental_law/2006/08/another_byprodu.html