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[[Southshire#Samcester|Samcester]], the capital of Southshire, features an eclectic mix of English styles. Its main focus is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_architecture Victorian architecture], particularly [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_Revival_architecture Gothic Revival]. Robo's drew the street plan, laid down the plots, and designed all public buildings; the city remains its largest project ever.
[[Southshire#Samcester|Samcester]], the capital of Southshire, features an eclectic mix of English styles. Its main focus is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_architecture Victorian architecture], particularly [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_Revival_architecture Gothic Revival]. Robo's drew the street plan, laid down the plots, and designed all public buildings; the city remains its largest project ever.


Samcester is not the only centrally-planned city on CivClassic, but certainly its most ambitious one. In order to simulate the winding, organic streets of a real English city, the plots are jagged and irregular, and sit at unusual angles. Designing convincing interiors with this tilt represented a profound technical challenge. Some of Samcester's most striking monuments are cathedral-like Samcester Palace, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station St Pancras]-inspired Bugga's terminal, and the extravagant museum of Castle Samuel. The three buildings on King Peter's Square, where most visitors will likely enter the city for the first time, represent the three powers of Southshire's history: the Commonwealth, Yoahtl, and now the Triumvirate itself.
Samcester is not the only centrally-planned city on CivClassic, but certainly its most ambitious one. In order to simulate the winding, organic streets of a real English city, the plots are jagged and irregular, and sit at unusual angles. Designing convincing interiors with this tilt represented a profound technical challenge. The striking monuments of Samcester include the cathedral-like Samcester Parliament, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station St Pancras]-inspired Bugga's terminal, and the extravagantly Victorian museum of Castle Samuel. The three buildings on King Peter's Square, where most visitors will likely enter the city for the first time, represent the three powers of Southshire's history: [[the Commonwealth]], [[Yoahtl]], and now the Triumvirate itself.
[[File:King Peter's Square.png|left|thumb|600x600px|King Peter's Square, the monumental central plaza of Samcester.]]
[[File:King Peter's Square.png|left|thumb|600x600px|King Peter's Square, the monumental central plaza of Samcester.]]


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===''Chāntli''===
===''Chāntli''===
[[File:Chāntli.png|thumb|''Chāntli'' proudfly flies the flag of Yoahtl.]]
[[File:Chāntli.png|thumb|''Chāntli'' proudfly flies the flag of Yoahtl.]]
''Chāntli'' ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahuatl Nahuatl] for 'house' or 'dwelling') is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Empire_style#Architecture Second Empire] villa in [[Icenia#Internal Districts of Icenia|Icenia City]]. The design blends influences from both the American and the French variants of the style. It was commissioned by [[WackyAki]], the reigning Alcuahtl of [[Yoahtl]], to serve as his Icenian residence. It is surrounded by a small, landscaped park with a duck pond and two trees.
''Chāntli'' ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahuatl Nahuatl] for 'house' or 'dwelling') is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Empire_style#Architecture Second Empire] villa in [[Icenia#Internal Districts of Icenia|Icenia City]]. The design blends influences from both the American and the French variants of the style. It was commissioned by [[WackyAki]], the reigning [[Yoahtl#Alcuahtl|Alcuahtl]] of Yoahtl, to serve as his Icenian residence. It is surrounded by a small, landscaped park with a duck pond and two trees.


The interior of ''Chāntli'' is more or less realistic, but designed with utility in mind; the rooms are sparsely decorated and none of them are furnished. The souterrain has a vaulted ceiling and would have been the domain of the servant staff, housing facilities like the kitchen, the workshop, et cetera. The ground floor has minor rooms for the private use of the family, but also the monumental vestibule with its grand staircase. The first floor is the ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_nobile piano nobile]'' , putting the family's wealth on full display. It would have featured the most important bedrooms and a bombastic saloon. The second floor, of much less importance, offered sleeping quarters to the servant staff, and the attic would have been used for miscellaneous storage.
The interior of ''Chāntli'' is more or less realistic, but designed with utility in mind; the rooms are sparsely decorated and none of them are furnished. The souterrain has a vaulted ceiling and would have been the domain of the servant staff, housing facilities like the kitchen, the workshop, et cetera. The ground floor has minor rooms for the private use of the family, but also the monumental vestibule with its grand staircase. The first floor is the ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_nobile piano nobile]'' , putting the family's wealth on full display. It would have featured the most important bedrooms and a bombastic saloon. The second floor, of much less importance, offered sleeping quarters to the servant staff, and the attic would have been used for miscellaneous storage.
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