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
British Adriatic Squadron British Adriatic Squadron The British Adriatic Squadron, or simply the Adriatic Squadron and later known as the British Adriatic Force, was a sub-command of the Mediterranean Fleet during World War I based at Taranto from 1915–19. In May 1915 Italy entered the war aligning itself with allied powers against the central powers however due to a lack of cooperation and coordination with French Naval Command by the Italians the British decided to enforce an allied agreement by establishing a British Adriatic Squadron to be based at Taranto. Between July and September 1917 a new reporting structure within Mediterranean Command took