The fifth season of "Game of Thrones" starts this Sunday (Monday if you're in the UK), promising another 10 episodes of scheming, sex, and bloody violence in the fractured fictional kingdoms of Throughout its run, Game of Thrones has featured a production value that rivaled most major Hollywood films. In addition to detailed costumes and stunning CGI, the show is perhaps best known for its location shooting. Rather than shoot eveything in a studio, GoT uses real-life locations across the Western Hemisphere to represent Westeros. One of the most iconic settings of Game of Thrones, The King’s Road is the longest road in the Seven Kingdoms, running from the Wall at Castle Black all the way to King’s Landing. The real-life setting of the road is the mysterious Dark Hedges of Gracehill House in Ballymoney, Co. Antrim. Like many of Game of Thrones’ other kingdoms, Yi Ti is loosely inspired by the real-life histories of Southeast Asia, with more particular influence from Imperial China. HBO's new animated series spin-off will take viewers back in time to the thriving kingdom, so here’s everything we know about its connections to the well-known Westeros and 8 winners and 4 losers from Game of Thrones’ terrific “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” Why Arya’s Game of Thrones sex scene was a perfect character evolution Game of Thrones season 8 The fifth series of the Game of Thrones is finally underway, and with the return of the fantasy drama, its magical landscapes and otherworldly backdrops have also returned to the screen.While much A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight, based on George R.R. Martin's Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas, is set 100 years before the events of Game of Thrones and follows two unlikely 1. “ Game of Thrones ” prequel series “A King of the Seven Kingdoms,” based on George R.R. Martin’s “Dunk and Egg” books, plans to begin production in spring 2024 pending a 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. A Brief History. On March 15, 493, Ravenna, Italy was a scene right out of the HBO cable television series Game of Thrones when King Theodoric the Great of the Ostrogoths invited his defeated enemy, King Odoacer of Italy to a great banquet marking the “end” of hostilities. Odoacer, the first barbarian King of Italy, whose reign marked the 7MhtR.