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English: Part of the production team of Game of Thrones during their location scouting at Klis Fortress near Split, Croatia prior to season 5. Date 17 June 2014, 13:32:07
Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first of which is A Game of Thrones. The show premiered on HBO in the United States on April 17, 2011, and concluded on May 19 ...
The importance of such a position was felt by every army that invaded, or held possession of this part of Croatia. [4] Klis Fortress was a point against which their attacks were always directed, and it has been remarkable for the many sieges it withstood. [4] It has been of major strategic value in Croatia throughout history. [3]
The nuns built it on the estate (Pustica) which they received as a donation from King Zvonimir of Croatia in 1078. [4] They also built the Romanesque Church of St. Cosmas and Damian in 1160, and erected a Catholic monastery on a small island known today Kaštilac . [ 4 ]
A Game of Thrones, the first installment of the A Song of Ice and Fire series, has two maps of Westeros. Each new book has added one or two maps so that, as of A Dance with Dragons, seven maps of the fictional world are available in the books. Martin said in 2003 that complete world maps were not made available so that readers may better ...
The hit HBO series has attracted many tourists and Game of Thrones fans to Northern Ireland. By SIOBHAN STARRS BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) - Giants, dragons and vengeful queens have for ...
Game of Thrones was nominated for 15 Emmy Awards for season 3. [177] Two days after the fourth season premiered in April 2014, HBO renewed Game of Thrones for a fifth and sixth season. [ 178 ] Season 5 premiered on April 12, 2015, and set a Guinness World Records for winning the highest number of Emmy Awards for a series in a single season and ...
Jakova) in Šibenik, Croatia, is a triple-nave Catholic basilica with three apses and a dome (32 m high inside). It is the episcopal seat of the Šibenik diocese . It is also the most important architectural monument of the Renaissance in the entire country.