Trujillo Plaza Mayor

Filmed as King's Landing market square

📍 Plaza Mayor, Trujillo, Cáceres, Trujillo, Spain

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Trujillo Plaza Mayor — Photo: Leandro Neumann Ciuffo · CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Scene breakdown

King's Landing market square

House of the Dragon S01E01

A dragon overflies the square; the plaza is dressed as a King's Landing market, with the Pizarro statue removed.
King's Landing square

House of the Dragon S02E01 Mild spoilers

Public capital plates after the coronation; smallfolk and dragon-statue establishing shots.

Aegon II Targaryen Alicent Hightower Otto Hightower

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Real-world history

Renaissance square of the conquistador town, 45 minutes east of Cáceres. House of the Dragon dressed it as a King's Landing parade ground; the equestrian statue of Francisco Pizarro was digitally swapped for a dragon.

Logistics & accessibility

Admission: Square is free. Castle above the town is ticketed.

Parking & accessibility: Edge-of-centre lots; the plaza is pedestrian.

Best time to visit: Early morning or late day. Combine with Cáceres in one Extremadura loop.

What else to see here

Trujillo Castle

Not a confirmed HotD interior; worth the view.

Castle

10 min walk uphill
Cáceres Old Town

Historic town

45 min drive