The North Remembers Hedges", an avenue of gnarly beech trees near Armoy, County Antrim. For the exteriors of the capital city of King's Landing, that had been doubled for Malta for the entire season 1, now the production flew to the Croatian city of Dubrovnik. Known as "The Pearl of the Adriatic", the city proved to be a good representation of King's Landing since it shared many characteristics with the fictional capital: it had a well-preserved medieval look, with high walls and the sea at its side. According to David Benioff, executive producer of the show, "The minute we started walking around the
New Manila Bay–City of Pearl New Manila Bay–City of Pearl The New Manila Bay–City of Pearl () or simply as the City of Pearl is a mixed-used development to be built on reclaimed land in Manila, Philippines. Hong Kong-based architecture firm hpa, presented a reclamation and development project to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada on May 23, 2017. Reclamation works relating to the project is scheduled to begin in August 2017 with the first residential buildings projected to be built in seven years. UAA Kinming, a consortium of Filipino Chinese developers will lead the reclamation efforts. However, no reclamation has begun