One of many scenes that were shot on location in the walled city of Dobrovnik. Here a scene about 6 minutes from the end of Season 2 Episode 8 on Fort Bokar, looking out towards Fort Lovrijenac, Dubrovnik.
"Fort Bokar -
The Fort Bokar, often called "Zvjezdan", is considered to be amongst the most beautiful instances of harmonious and functional fortification architecture. Built as a two-story casemate fortress by Michelozzo from 1461 to 1463, while the city walls were being reconstructed, it stands in front of the medieval wall face protruding into space almost with its whole cylindrical volume. It was conceived as the key point in the defense of the Pila Gate, the western fortified entrance of the city; and after the Minceta Tower, it is the second key point in the defense of the western land approach to the city. It is said to be the oldest casemented fortress in Europe, which contains a small lapidary collection and numerous cannons."
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There is a fee of 100 Kuna to walk around the walls. Open 08:00 to 18:00
"Storyline
Theon's sister Yara arrives at Winterfell with reinforcements but he still can't seem to earn her respect. She tells him he was stupid to kill the Stark boys as they were valuable prisoners. Theon learns that his father wants him to return home. North of the Wall, Jon had been taken prisoner by wildlings. At Harrenhal, Arya identifies the last of the three lives Jaquen H'ghar promised her for saving him. Robb is dismayed at the deal his mother has made with Jamie Lannister and places her under arrest. Danerys refuses to leave Qarth without her dragons and decides to retrieve them from the House of the Undying. Stannis and his army approach King's Landing from the sea. Tyrion plans for the defense of the city but Cersei wants him to keep her son King Jeoffrey out of the fighting. He realizes that he must take steps to protect Shae."
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Quote from the scene immediately preceding a pan to this shot:
"Tyrion Lannister: You're an intelligent man. I like to think I'm an intelligent man.
Lord Varys: Oh, no one disputes that, my lord, not even the multitudes who despise you.
Tyrion Lannister: I wish we could converse as two honest, intelligent men.
Lord Varys: I wish we could, too.
Tyrion Lannister: [brief pause] What do you want? Tell me.
Lord Varys: If we're going to play, you'll have to start.
Tyrion Lannister: My brother was the youngest Kingsguard in history. My sister became queen at the age of nineteen. When I reached manhood, my father put me in charge of all the drains and cisterns in Casterly Rock.
Lord Varys: A most highborn plumber.
Tyrion Lannister: The water never flowed better. And all the XXXX found its way to the sea. Never expected to have any real power. So when my father named me acting Hand...
Lord Varys: You're quite good at being Hand, you know. Jon Arryn and Ned Stark were good men. Honorable men. But they disdained the game and those who played. You enjoy the game.
Tyrion Lannister: I do. Last thing I expected.
Lord Varys: And you play it well.
Tyrion Lannister: I'd like to keep playing it. If Stannis breaches the gates, the game is over.
Lord Varys: They say he burns his enemies alive to honor the Lord of Light.
Tyrion Lannister: The Lord of Light wants his enemies burned. The Drowned God wants them drowned. Why are all the gods such vicious XXXX? Where is the god of XXXX and wine?
Lord Varys: In the Summer Isles, they worship a fertility goddess with sixteen teats.
Tyrion Lannister: We should sail there immediately.
Lord Varys: [brief pause] This morning I heard a song. All the way from Qarth, beyond the Red Waste. Danaerys Targaryen lives.
Tyrion Lannister: A girl at the edge of the world is the least of our problems.
Lord Varys: She has three dragons. But even if what they say is true, it will be years before they are fully grown. And then there'll be nowhere to hide.
Tyrion Lannister: One game at a time, my friend."
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