Vizima
The capital of Temeria and the city of the first Witcher game.
Vizima is the capital of Temeria in The Witcher. By the time of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt it is the former capital of the recently conquered kingdom.
Quick Facts
- Region
- Temeria
Lore & Background
In the first The Witcher video game, Geralt travels to the Temerian capital Vizima in pursuit of the Salamandra faction, and with the help of allies assaults a Salamandra base in the city. When he later returns to Vizima, he finds that King Foltest has also returned and that Princess Adda is in striga form once more.
Reader's Guide
In The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, Foltest attempts to claim his children and bring them to live with him in Vizima. For the Netflix series, the exteriors of Burg Kreuzenstein, a castle near Leobendorf, Austria, were used for the abandoned castle Vizima.
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