Regarding the filming in Monsanto: last week I read an article published on the 08th July in a Portuguese regional newspaper from that area of the country. It said the HoD team would be in Monsanto "for months". I know there's a lot of rumours going around right now, and we must take everything with a grain of salt until we get official confirmation, but the author of the article seems to have spoken to the local authorities who are helping prepare the location for filming.

This is the part that mentions the duration of the filming in Portugal:

"This week still, the production team will visit the village again with the mayor of Idanha-a-Nova, Armindo Jacinto, and the president of the Parish Council of Monsanto, Paulo Paiva Monteiro, to start preparing the heavy logistics that this huge [TV] production requires. Hundreds of people, including technicians, actors and the production team, will be in Monsanto for months, converting it into one of the settings of a cult series that marked popular culture in the last decade."

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I'm portuguese and speak Portuguese and I'm a follower 😊 HoD in Monsanto it will be amazing, the village made new acess roads ( I was there in summer _ to be easily access by car).

I really wonder what Monsanto will be
All the portuguese newspapers that spoke with the town's mayor said the House of The Dragon team was really interested in *the castle*. If they would just use the village streets it could be some King's Landing streets but they specifically wanted the castle. We don't even know if they're gonna film inside the actual village. It doesn't really give me Eyrie vibes? But what else could it be? As you said they could've chosen any place and they chose Monsanto. So I'm super intrigued

I live about an hours ride from monsanto and i really want to go there when they are settled in and filming.. wish i could visit all the other locations too.. Amazing places!

I think it's worth pointing out that the Monsanto castle is located on the top of a inselberg so I think they might focus on the castle viewed from a far distance

Terry Gilliam had troubles shooting at Tomar Castle for 'The Man who killed Don Quixote', regarding the use of fire and the cutting of trees… on a national monument… His portuguese producer was a bit of a scumbag, to be honest, and jeopardized the whole production…

i visited spain (including basque country) a few decades ago, and more recently was in portugal for a week. i read portuguese almost fluently, but the spoken language is hard. zhdawng zhdawng zhdawng. it's cool, though. i'm glad to see portugal getting a piece of the action. the tile roofs in monsanto reminded me of italy a bit. anyway, yes.

great video! You did great research about Monsanto!

Lovely to see all these locations, TY!

The only places I think we will see in season 1 is King’s Landing, Dragonstone, Driftmark, and possibly Harrenhal.

Edit: maybe the stepstones in flashbacks

Very happy that HOTD will be filming in Portugal 🇵🇹

Awesome, I'm portuguese can't believe there going to film in a portuguese location

You're the best news channel on this Dragon, cant thank you enough

Still kinda hard to be excited for this TBH. That said, at this point I'll just pretend the main show was simply a bad dream and only the books exist, to give this one a fair shot. I guess HBO must realise at this point that they need a home run in this franchise after what happened.

October is usually the best time it varies with the heat

Well I bet we get a trailer later in the year 🤔

Respect to the staff , crew and🎥actresses and actors to make this show📺 possible 👍
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Maybe it is runestone? since damon was married to rhea royce. But I would like to see Gulltown or other places in the Vale

That castle instantly reminded me of the Eyrie too. Although I don’t know what the streets with the massive boulders would be used for as I don’t recall any cities near the castle. I think the only city inside the vale is Gulltown on the east coast. I’m also glad they’re returning to some original filming locations!

Monsanto could be runestone because of daemon trying to claim the territory after rhea royce’s death

The happiness of having House of the Dragon filmed in Portugal ✨🥰🥰