King's Landing - Dubrovnik Croatia

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : New contributor Ordronary brings us this excellent drone video of the walled city of Dubrovnik, one of the treasures of Croatia's Dalmatian coast on the Adriatic Sea. Well over a thousand years old, the city was a protectorate of the Byzantine and later the Venetian Empires before becoming the center of the semi-independent Republic of Ragusa. The city exploded into worldwide public conciousness when it became the filming location for the mythical city of King's Landing in the hit HBO series Game of Thrones.

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King's Landing is the royal capital of Westeros and the Seven Kingdoms. King's Landing has an estimated population of 1 million people, making it the most populous city in Westeros. It is situated on the Blackwater river on the spot where Aegon the Conqueror landed in Westeros to begin his conquest. The main city is surrounded by a wall, which is manned by the City Watch of King's Landing, which is nicknamed the gold cloaks, after the cloaks they wear. Within the walls, the city's natural landscape is dominated by three hills, named after Aegon and his two sister-wives Rhaenys and Visenya. Poorer smallfolk (commoners) build shanty settlements outside the city. King's Landing is described as extremely populous but unsightly and dirty. The stench of the city's waste can be smelled far beyond its walls.