Wonders of the world of Game of Thrones

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I'm pretty sure however that the long bridge is inspired by another bridge in Florence called Ponte Vecchio but i might wrong

i think the night king built the wall to protect himself from ser pounce

In book one, when the wall is introduced, it's written that it's three times higher than the biggest architecture in Westeros. Means that the Tower in Old Town can only be 700/3 high.
And Lord Commander Mormont tells Tyrion, that every Lord Commander made the Wall higher so it was partly build by the night watch at least.

Been to rhodes recently and researched a bit: The Coloss of Rhodos is a legend where modern builders say that it was not really big as it would be impossible to build such a structure standing on two spreading legs with stones or bronze. So it must have been only 15 to 20 metres high and built on a hill instead of the port as no remainings are found in the water. So also the colossos of Braavos could not stand like that. Anyway wonderful images and great video.

bells in religion origionates from hinduism, not islamic or christian religions

I can only assume the measurements aren't supposed to be literal. No one in universe is running around with a ruler measuring everything

I D C! A hundred Hodors tall should be the new unit of measurement

The buildings on the bridge are probably inspired by The Old London Bridge

Basically everything is ripped from our real wonders of earth. The pyramid of ghis for example is defiently meant to represent the giza pyramid

Qarth could be based on Babylon

Fyi: Sarnath is actually capital of Ashoka the great reign, pretty sure where GRRM get this one from.

Take a shot every time Alt Shift X says 'inspired by ancient Rome'
Also that Colossus is pretty worthless unless there's an actual gate there

“Babe wake up the fuck bell is wringing.”

GRRM is like an Emirati prince who copies stuff other people made but has to have the biggest one

Isn't the Long Bridge of Volantis based on the Florence bridge with houses on it?

I am using Hodor's to measure everything from now on

The long bridge with it's markets and buildings on the bridge also remind me of London Bridge

The Colossus of Rhodes does seem the most likely inspiration for the Titan of Braavos. The Venice Carnival for the unmasking ceremony. The Sybilline Books the most likely inspiration for Sybil Spicer, Maggie the Frog's daughter. Theon is inspired by Macbeth, Daenerys by Mary, Queen of Scots. I've got to start writing down the similarities as I've probably forgotten more than I've remembered.

how do ships go underneath the bridge of volantis

I was not convinced until the 100 hodors came in😂

Well, im guessing that the other 2 wonders might be:
First: somewhere in sothoryos
Second: somewhere in Asshai

The titan reminds me of the scene from Jason & the Argonauts. Still one of my favorite films.

From the options in this video, surely the final two are - HighTower and Five Forts??

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What about the twin bronze horses?

I love how you say Braavos

I love this channel and its lore but i read the forst 3 books and part of the 4th. The writing isnt very good

I'm thinking Hightower and the Five Forts.

Imagin being a peasant in Medieval Times and seeing a modern asphalt road. That's what Valerian Roads are like.

Everything should be measured in hodors now.

Here’s my little theory about the five forts: so it’s said in the lore that that the valyrians were taught to tame dragons by a culture so ancient they had no name that hailed from the shadow lands the same place where dragons are said to have first originated from and going by the description of the material the forts are made out of it seems to be a more simplistic version of dragonstone the same material the valyrians used in the construction of the dragon roads and the wall of volantis and they were known to adopt technology from other cultures and improve them like the real life Roman Empire, so I think the people that taught the valyrians how to tame dragons were the ancestors of the yi tish people making them the first people to ever tame dragons and used them to build the five forts and at some point the yi tish dragons all died out possibly during the long night. That’s my theory

I think its likely yi ti and the five forts are the remaining two as they are far more impressive than the other, assuming their existence was known. Would also explain why they were never mentioned to be among the 7 as they are so distant to the Game of Thrones story.

I think the last two are the great pyramid of Ghis and the 5 forts of YiTi

So the 5 forts are a stand in for the great wall of China

Half of the story is “nicked” he just founded something kind of new. It’s always the reason I have a lot of respect for him as a writer, while also really not liking him as a creative person. I do separate the 2. Tolkien kind of wrote a song of ice and fire. 🙌🏻🤣

I think ice bricks of the wall was fused with the breath of ice-dragons, just like Valyrian-made structures of black stone were fused by dragon-fire.

Your videos are always really well made, fascinating, illuminating, informative, and thoughtful. I'm back to watching these and am just really impressed, thank you.

youre laughing. you heard the ringing of the sex bell, and youre laughing

100 Hodors lmao

I like to think that the 5 Fortress’s are on of the wonders. Possibly the Toad statue and abandoned city in Sothrous

there's plenty emerging "dual" cities around the "Rhone" (and its small affluent, the Garonne) river in my home country of France. Maybe George took inspiration there ?

The Rhone and the Rhoyne. Sounds too similar to be a coincidence.

I believe the bridge is based on medieval England's London Bridge. Back in the medieval times, it was much more populated with buildings and chapels and houses

HAH, whoever drew the reference for the arrow slits is an idiot. That's not how they work. They don't lean out the thing like they're doing a driveby, it's to shoot out of.

There was briefly ten wonders after Sansa made her snow castle. Until the giant invasion . . .

What came about to the Bravos' Titan's sword?

how could BELLS be inspired by any Islamic tradition?

The great pyramid of Ghis is not so subtly taken from the great pyramid of, drumroll, GiZa.

Ancient Roman roads: still working.
The modern road near my house: full of potholes in a few years. Unions, man. No good for society.