Game of Thrones Season 7 Loads into the Roman Ruins of Italica

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If it’s October, then it must be time for the delayed filming in Spain to start rolling full steam ahead. And today, we have not-so-spoilery pictures from Los Siete Renios of the production loading into one of the more anticipated locations this season.

These pictures show the set team loading into an area known as the Roman Ruins of Italica, which many have speculated will be standing in for the ruins of the Dragon Pit in King’s Landing. This is an area of King’s Landing that is mentioned in the books offhandedly, but has been thus far cut completely from the television production.

Image via Los Siete Renios

LSR notes in their post that though load in is underway, at this point the area is still open to the public and anyone can walk up and take pictures, which is rather curious. Most of the time Game of Thrones keeps everything under lock and key. Note, though, that the covering of this part of the pit is green, suggesting that this is a green screened out area where something…we don’t know what, will be added in post production. Perhaps the fact that whatever it is there is not being loaded in in real life is why the production is not yet worried about flash photography.

Image via Los Siete Renios

As for this image down in the pit, the white tent is usually a actor/production resting spot, so perhaps these sunken columns will be used as is? We can’t begin to know until the actors arrive and filming starts in earnest, but of course, by that time, we can be sure that the area will be in full lockdown mode.

The question is, if this is an area in King’s Landing, will we see Emilia Clarke and Peter Dinklage on site, proving that they will indeed return to their ancestral home and conquer? Or will it turn out that the rumors are all wrong, and this is actually some new part of Essos because they decided that this whole “battle of fire and ice” wasn’t their bag, and they turned around and went home?

Via http://winteriscoming.net/2016/10/07/game-thrones-loads-italica-santiponce/