The hills in King's Landing are the three hills that lie within the city of King's Landing.
They were named after Aegon the Conqueror and his two sisters, Visenya and Rhaenys. Aegon's High Hill, surmounted by the Red Keep, the royal castle located in the south-eastern corner of the city, overlooks the bay directly, whilst Visenya's Hill to the west is crowned by the marble-walled Great Sept of Baelor and its seven crystal towers. The Hill of Rhaenys in the north is capped by the collapsed ruins of the Dragonpit dome, its bronze doors shut for a century and a half since the last dragon died.[1]
Generally, the areas on the higher elevations of the three hills tend to be the wealthier parts of the city, while the poorer areas are the low places in between them.[2]
References
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 18, Catelyn IV.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I.