Game of Thrones will return to Spain for Season 6
According to Entertainment Weekly, HBO has announced that Game of Thrones will be shooting portions of Season 6 in Spain. Two locations have been confirmed: the cities of Girona and Peñíscola. However, it is still unclear if the show will return to The Royal Alcazar of Seville, which stood in for the Water Gardens in Dorne during this season. With a vocal number of fans unhappy with the show’s depiction of Dorne and its inhabitants so far, perhaps it would be wise to move away from that location all together.
Girona, Spain. The Cathedral of Saint Mary – The Citadel of the Maesters?
As far as the two confirmed locations go, it’s been suggested that the streets and cathedral of Girona would make it a good double for Oldtown, where the Citadel (Maester headquarters) is located. A couple of important characters visit Oldtown in A Feast for Crows, so presumably it’s going to be more important going forward. However, it may be a bit tricky to get around the red-tape of filming there, as the Cathedral of Saint Mary of Girona is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Girona.
Peñíscola, Spain – Casterly Rock?
The second location, Peñíscola, is without a doubt the perfect place to film scenes at Casterly Rock, the seat of House Lannister. George R.R. Martin has hinted that we may actually see Casterly Rock in The Winds of Winter, which would be very interesting and would make sense if the Game of Thrones showrunners are looking to film scenes there.
David Benioff and Dan Weiss have done quite well when it comes to scouting believable-looking locations for the show. Even though the Dorne storyline has not panned out this year, the Water Gardens are beautiful and look about how I imagined they would when reading the books. So it will be very interesting to find out exactly which scenes we will be seeing in these two new locations, especially since we book readers are now in the same boat as the Unsullied.
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