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'''Harzenon''' is the cathedral city of [[Gassavelia]] and is situated on the Saianda River. | '''Harzenon''' is the cathedral city of [[Gassavelia]] and is situated on the Saianda River. In the pre-industrial period, it was the furthest northern navigable point on the relatively mild Saianda River, giving the city a reputation as a strong "inland seaport". | ||
Archaeological evidence suggests that Harzenon was the site of an [[Ancient Istroyan civilization|Ancient Istroyan]] city, settled sometime around 600 BC. Little is known about early Harzenon other than it experienced periodic feuds with the nearby [[Gaelic people]], and it's likely that the city's inland location isolated it from the rest of the Istroyan world. It was likely destroyed in the 4th century BC, as it does not appear in the written record of [[Great Levantia]] who conquered the area in the 2nd century BC. Upon arriving in [[Levantia]] in the 7th century AD, [[Hištanšahr#Conquest_in_Levantia|Artaxerxes I]] found the site uninhabited according to the saga of the [[Hištanšahr]]. The Artaxerxid dynasty built Harzenon and moved its capital there after the court briefly resided in a coastal city from 680 to 692. The inland location of Harzenon allowed Hištanšahr, and later [[Kingdom of Gassavelia|Royal Gassavelia]], to project power up and down the Saianda River valley. Harzenon remained the center of Gassavelian political life until the city was taken by [[Leo III, Emperor of the Levantines|King Leo II]] of [[Urcea]] in [[1567]], destroying the Kingdom. It fell under Urcean control, was the center of a [[History_of_Urcea_(1575-1798)#Gassavelian_integration_and_uprising|brief uprising]] in the 1670s, and began to recover after a century and a half of political turmoil. After the [[Administrative Reorganization Act of 1892]], an autonomous Gassavelia was restored with Harzenon as its capital. Today, it remains the major cultural center of the [[Gassavelian people]] and the main economic center of southeastern Urcea. | |||
In terms of architecture and urban planning, Harzenon in considered to be among the most unique in Urcea. Its 7th century foundation was established by prominent leaders from [[Audonia]], employing relatively leading-edge urban planning from Audonia. Consequently, Harzenon eschewed both Gaelic round cities and Latinic grid cities; its medieval urban core is instead based on a system of interlocking diamond-shaped roads and plazas. | |||
==Goldvale== | ==Goldvale== | ||