Raised where Aegon the Conqueror came ashore at the mouth of the Blackwater Rush, King's Landing grew from a wooden fort on Aegon's High Hill into the largest city in the Seven Kingdoms and the seat of the Iron Throne.
The Red Keep
Crowning Aegon's High Hill in pale red stone, the Red Keep has housed the ruling dynasty since Maegor the Cruel raised its walls and put the builders to the sword to keep its secrets.
Flea Bottom
Sprawling across the low ground between the city's hills, Flea Bottom is King's Landing's poorest and most crowded district. It is famed, its people cheerfully admit, for a stew of a thousand flavors and a stink that carries all the way to Duskendale.