Cathedral of Girona Steps - Great Sept of Baelor, Girona

Girona Cathedral, also known as the Cathedral of Saint Mary of Girona, is one of the city’s most recognizable landmarks. Sitting on a throne of 91 stone steps, this gargantuan building dominates the Old Town's skyline and is quite a sight to behold. To reach it, one has to climb a spectacular Baroque staircase that may prove rather challenging unless you pace yourself and wear comfortable shoes.

Built between the 11th and 18th centuries, the imposing Cathedral – featuring a combination of Romanesque and Gothic styles and the world’s widest Gothic nave, spanning 22.98 meters (75 ft) – was perfect for a number of iconic scenes in season six of Game of Thrones. The cathedral plays a big role in a few of the episodes and doubles up as a couple of different places in King’s Landing.

Its stairs, in particular, were used as the exterior for the Great Sept of Baelor, the city's largest building, where Jaime Lannister has a showdown with the High Sparrow. When Jaime arrives to try to prevent the walk of shame by Queen Margaery, we see the Queen, played by Natalie Dormer, standing on the Cathedral steps. She is interrupted by the army of the House of Tyrell and Jaime Lannister riding up the stairs on horseback (and yes, they did actually have to teach a horse to do that). This scene was packed with extras, including some 200 Tyrell soldiers, several dozen sparrows, beggars, and other characters.

In the final episode of season six, the Girona Cathedral is also shown briefly in the scene which features the demise of the Great Sept of Baelor when Cersei Lannister sets it alight and it explodes. Luckily, in real life, the Cathedral still stands and that particular scene was made using the good old cinematic tool – Computer Graphics Interface – to depict the destruction.