Greater Marsalia Region, City at the Mediterranean

[Deathtoall 28]

WOW i love all the mediterraean buildings and the churches i can't wait for more  nice work!!

 

[dhoppeii 12]

Hey Micka, really enjoyed the Church update.....Extremely beautiful work and although I don't relish the though of this CJ coming to an end, I look forward to the last couple of updates.

 

BTW, Welcome to page 14 !

[Mickebear 2]

Dear friends, first of all it is time to thank you all for loyalty and understanding that I didn't update during more than a week. I felt that it was wrong at that time - although at later thought, best thing would have been to carry on as usual - never give up on life.

I decided to postpone the Hickups update little bit, because material is not yet ready. Also I decided to divide the last update into two parts, from which you will now see the first - selected shots from Cassis. In the second Cassis part, there is only one picture... but it consists of 24 parts, and it is actually a giant mosaic in zoom 4...

So, welcome to my update 23a

 

First we have a little look at another chateau that finds itself in Cassis... he is the owner of the original grenadine drink patent (made of cassis, which is actually black berry)

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//CassisEstChateauNuit.jpg align=baseline>

 

Then a glimpse at the local church...

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//CassisEstEglise.jpg align=baseline>

 

Of course we have garden center here...

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//CassisEstGardenCentret.jpg align=baseline>

 

The station at night

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//CassisGareNuit.jpg align=baseline>

 

Monument for the deceased in recent terrorist attacks around the world...

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//CassisEstMuistomerkki.jpg align=baseline>

 

Tio Pepe's cafe...

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//CassisEstTioPepe.jpg align=baseline>

 

Le Gare Central at daytime

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//CassisEstGareCentral.jpg align=baseline>

 

And finally typical French shopping center with InterMarch

[Nardo69 51]

Mickebear, you're an artist with those w2w-bats! I love especially station at night and at tio pepe!

 

It's a pity that this CJ is going to end (or is there is a possibility to make you go on???)

Nardo

[Mickebear 2]

Now it is time to thank you all personally...

pikatchoum: thanks - I wasn't sure if La Madeleine was a church or not... My Marsalia has for some reason always had also a Parisian touch to it
Jerebannus XVI: First of all, thanks to your support, but furthermore, I hope that you are alright now.
b3rglund: Welcome to Marsalia - Bienvenue sur Marsalia and thanks to drop by! (why sur, not

[lilou 1]

Wow ! This last update was amazing !

[jacqulina 162]

awesome work,awesome pics,and my cj is coming on very slowly,i have put pics on the show your progress of my city that crashed and 2 pics of the new one,thanks

[Chris M 406]

Nice work Mick, continually loving how detailed your cities are, that is really amazing with all the trails and everything, not only do you use beautiful BATs, but wonderful parks to enrich the area. I really do like the way you have used the puzzle pieces to form an eyecandy bridge to the embanked area above the train station, that is a great idea.

[Kwakelaar 92]

A very beautiful update.

[cifa 7]

Beautiful Mika  ... i love those supermarkets! You know,the lidl is a little famous here in Italy,too

[Jerebannus XVI 7]

Thanks for this last beautiful update, i really enjoyed it and i particularly like the supermarkets, it was perhaps the best way for ending such a great cj. i hope to see more creations from you in the future.

[the_crispbread_witch 0]

Hey Mika, long time since my last visit. The recent pics looks great!

I like the way you used the ped mall tile thing at Le Gare Central.

Is there a Lidl bat? Wow! I got Lidl in my town. Is Lidl french??

[Latexmaali 1]

Whoa, this gets better and better! That is great invention, when those roads rise before land

En oikeen ymm

[fredval 26]

Excellent update !  I'm looking forward to the next and very last update (24 mosaic tiles ?  How is it possible   It would a all-time-longest !!! You'll never end surprising me...

And after Marsalia ?  Will you start another CJ ?  Will you focus on our Croatian project ?  Will you have a (well deserved) rest ?

[palmgurl 1]

nice work more palmtrees are needed! but still nice work!!!!!!

[cifa 7]

Lidl is germany as i know

[Mickebear 2]

Welll...................... I checked my mega mosaic, and IF I would put it here, it would be around 5 MB jpg picture, so I am now taking precautions to actually put it on my own webspace, and placing the mosaic it to a single web page, and link it to here, rather than anything else... So, what I will do now is just post the last Cassis pictures, and a thumbnail of the large region...

So here is the thumbnail (it is about 8.3% of the original size). Don't worry about the stupid white lines, I'll fix it tomorrow. I will also make the thing clickable, so that you just need to click on the thumbnail to get the actual page.

 

 

Instead, while you are waiting for the big beast to appear here, here are some (night) shots from the lower part of the town.

 

Gare Ouest de Cassis - at daylight

 

 

And same at night

 

 

Beach front living...

 

 

And some hotels on the beach (attn Palmgurl... palms )

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//CassisCentreBeachHotels.jpg align=baseline>

 

Closer look at the station at night - I really think that this is one of the most pittoresque stations in the whole SimCity4

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//CassisCentreGareNuit.jpg align=baseline>

 

The town heart

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//CassisCentreHeart.jpg align=baseline>

 

Old lighthouse at the harbour

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//CassisCentreOldLighthouse.jpg align=baseline>

 

New lighthouse...

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//CassisCentreNewLighthouse.jpg align=baseline>

 

Some villas on the cliff... note the limousines in the entrances...

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//CassisCentreVillasOnCliffs.jpg align=baseline>

 

And finally, nature reserve...

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//CassisCentreNatureReserve.jpg align=baseline>

 

Until tomorrow with the big thing...

[dhoppeii 12]

Beautiful updates Micka.  I really like the way you transition and cross transition some of your transportation networks.  Very original.  Looking forward to the Monster Mosaic.

[Simguyuk 0]

Wow! This is carefully crafted work. I Really like the design, feels very Continental.

I havent been checking CJ's lately, Im trying to spread my time between all the different foums Im a member of (And of course NationStates) and having a life as well.

[Latexmaali 1]

This update put my feel good I'll go to pack now, I will look your pics.. umm.. at sunday, yeah

Take care, Mika

[Jerebannus XVI 7]

Beautiful updates, great job

[E.J.C 9]

really love your CJ!!

 

it's just so detailed and planned out.. great job!

 

 

could you show a transport map of the region?? (in SC4 view?)

[flrscf 0]

Your cj is just awesome. It gives me so much inspiration to build a large european city. It so detailed and planned and it looks big. How many people live there? Anyway, keep it up! You are doing a great job on this cj. It's certainly on of the best here around on ST.

[Scaley McSlither 1,714]

It's so beautiful! I agree with your impression of that rail terminal - definitely the nicest one so far. Too bad Xannepan never did finish his Gare du Nord from Paris...that would have been one for the ages.

[fredval 26]

Great update !  I especially love the heart of the city. It's so realistic

Looking forward to seeing the Beast soon...  (this sounds like a phrase in LOST... lol)

[petriknl 15]

Cool Mika, I love the waterfront and the vibrate live which looks to be tehere with al the bars etc partying into the night. Where did you get those villa's from and that gorgous station??

[jacqulina 162]

wow that looks so pretty i love the villas where did you get them

[Mickebear 2]

Just a quick reply... Villas are from SimGoober and available here in STEX, the station is Japanese, found the link in Massive Japanese BAT Gallery thread.

The beast is ready, but I have trouble loading ONE photo, due to my ISP cranks

 

the link is here: http://www.mickebear.be/sc4/sc4marsalia.htm

 

Be aware that the page loads enormously long time, due to heavy images...

[oroen 0]

You really do have an eye with using the w2w buildings. The way the supermarkets fit in next to the w2w buildings also is a credit to your building style. Also catching my eye in particular were the heart of town (reminded me a bit of Luxembourg or somewhere in Flanders) and the old lighthouse area, especially with the use of the ped mall tiles.

[petriknl 15]

wow that beast is amazing.. I love the countryside hills... looks so quiet and peacefull