Photos and video: Game of Thrones Season 7 production at 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 Reinos 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 thus far been not shown up on the television production.

LSR notes that, although 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 curious. Most of the time, Game of Thrones keeps everything under lock and key. Note, however, 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. Either that, or the screens are serving as tarps. 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.

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As for this image down in the pit, the white tent is usually an 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, the area will probably be locked down.

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 have will indeed arrive in the city?

LSR has one last piece of information: the Dragon Pit will appear in one of the final episodes of Season 7. Do with that information what you will.

Meanwhile, a reader at Watchers on the Wall took some video of the site. Behold:

Watchers also notes that the production is decorating the area with fake shrubbery and rocks. Wherever this is, it doesn’t look like winter is savaging it yet.

That same reader also visited the Castillo de Almodóvar del Río, another Season 7 filming location, and confirmed from a crew member that the production will be filming scenes inside. The cramped interiors and modern architecture inside the courtyard might make that tricky, but with a beautiful old castle like this, there are certainly possibilities.

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Finally, Irish Thrones has directed us to a far-off picture of activity in Ballycastle, hometown of Conleth Hill (Varys) and an area where the show has filmed before. The landscape you’re looking at is called Fair Head, a scenic headland that features a sheer, rocky drop that extends out into the water. It’s a photogenic place, and somewhere the production has already been spotted this year.