The Fourth Octant of the City of Elendel and its Surroundings by Marco Bernardini

cross-posted from: https://sffa.community/post/2039338

From the Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series (second era)

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A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I swear one of the major European cities is built like this too (lanes radiating from a central point versus being oriented on a grid) but I can't remember which one. I thought Paris at first but nope.

DavidGarcia@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 1y

Paris was demolished to look similar tothis and the same in Berlin. I don't think there are any major cities in Europe that started out like this, but there's a few small ones.

There were some that started out with star-fort-like city walls, similar to Palmanova, but usually less symmetric like Antwep or Vienna. But none of them had that radial street pattern

I think you only see that radial street pattern in relatively modern planned cities.

davel@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y

Those waterway spokes would be so nasty that mosquitos might not be able breed in them despite the water stagnation.