Photos: 33 Stunning Locations Where 'Game of Thrones' Was Filmed
The Walk of Atonement
Just before Queen Margaery is about to do her walk of atonement, Jaime, on horseback, and a group of Tyrell soldiers save her from humiliation.
The steps are real: Jaime's horse was actually climbing the Girona Cathedral's 91 steps in Spain.
Theon Greyjoy House Coming
After 10 years in Winterfell, Theon Greyjoy returns home to the Iron Islands. Ballintoy Harbor, a village in Northern Ireland, represents the Iron Islands port where Theon arrives.
My reign has just begun
Tyrion persuades Daenerys Targaryen to meet the Maesters, the wealthy people who launched a naval attack against the city of Meereen. When setting the terms of surrender, the Maesters try to wrest back control, but Daenerys, on Drogon's back, bests them.
This pivotal scene from the sixth season used the Mesa Roldan tower in Cabo de Gata, Almeria, Spain as its backdrop.
[Read the full story about the show's set inspiration]
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Laura is the archaeology and Life's Little Mysteries editor at Live Science. She also reports on general science, including paleontology. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Scholastic, Popular Science and Spectrum, a site on autism research. She has won multiple awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association for her reporting at a weekly newspaper near Seattle. Laura holds a bachelor's degree in English literature and psychology from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in science writing from NYU.