An Empire introduces itself

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Entry posted by Daan300 · May 11, 2009

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In this CJ we will have a look at the Illyrian Empire and its capital city: Petrohrad. Highlighted will be the city of Petrohrad, but also many other cities and places in the Empire. But first, a small introduction.......enjoy.

Petrohrad

In the year 1453 five nations, the Kingdoms of Illyria, Slavonia, Lodomeria and Galicia and the Archduchy of Southern Lodomeria, were joined together to form the Illyrian Empire. The unification occurred under the rule of King Petar I, King of Illyria, when he had finally acquired the crown of all five nations, mostly through battle. In 1453 the capital of the Kingdom of Illyria, Petrohrad, would become the capital city of the newly founded Empire. The next year King Petar I was crowned Emperor in Petrohrad’s Cathedral.

When the present site of the City of Petrohrad was first inhabited remains unknown. Some remains from Roman times have been found during excavations in the city center, although none of these structures are to be seen above ground. No mention to any Roman settlement on the site of Petrohrad was ever traced. The medieval city is first mentioned in 847, when it was already described as being the place where the ruler of Illyria (at that time still the Duke of Illyria) lived.

Petrohrad flourished during the XIIIth and XIVth when it became the largest city in the Kingdom of Illyria. During the same time many of the still remaining churches of Petrohrad were built, including its magnificent Cathedral of St. Ursula. When Petrohrad became the Imperial Capital in 1453 the city was greatly enlarged and completed surrounded by a double defensive wall. Part of these once magnificent walls remain on the north side of the city center. In the XVIIIth century, when the defensive walls were deemed no longer useful, large parts of it were demolished. The city, no longer encircled by its walls, enlarged by fourfold within 20 years.

In the XIXth century Petrohrad grew to over two million inhabitants, by far the largest city in the Empire, due to the industrial revolution. Even today, Petrohrad still remains the largest city in the Empire with over five million inhabitants and forms its very summit, both culturally as well as economically.