Fort Manoel

What was filmed at Fort Manoel?

• Gladiator II (2024)

  Arena battle. It played A Roman arena.

• Game of Thrones (2011–2019) · S1 E9 · “Baelor”

  Shot in the last week of October 2010 (Lena Headey said she was in Malta to film a 'pivotal' scene) — Ned confesses to treason on the Sept's steps and Joffrey orders his beheading as Sansa and Arya watch. It played The steps of the Great Sept of Baelor.

• Game of Thrones (2011–2019) · S1 E10 · “Fire and Blood”

  Yoren gathers his recruits for the Night's Watch — this is where Arya, disguised as a boy, meets Gendry, Hot Pie and Lommy. One guide places it in the fort's north-western ditch. It played King's Landing.

  Reported by guides; not yet confirmed on set records.

• Game of Thrones (2011–2019) · S1 E10 · “Fire and Blood”

  Joffrey forces Sansa to look at the heads on spikes, including her father's. Sources disagree — some guides place this at Fort Manoel, others at San Anton Palace. It played The Red Keep battlements.

  Reported by guides; not yet confirmed on set records.

• Assassin's Creed (2016)

  The Inquisition's heretic-burning auto-da-fé, with nearly 900 extras, staged in the fort's courtyard with Valletta in the background. It played Seville, 1492.

• The Count of Monte Cristo (2024 series) (2024)

  Edmond Dantès's (Sam Claflin) imprisonment at the Château d'If was reportedly filmed using Mdina and Manoel Island. It played Château d'If prison.

  Reported by guides; not yet confirmed on set records.

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