Celeste | Southern Stars
Update 113
IRE505: Thank you! Here's more now.
elavery: Hi, I believe the buildings your referring to are from Simcity China. They were recommended to me by a friend but I don't have a download link. They're from a collection called the ROMA series, if that helps.
Prophet42: Thanks!
ilikehotdogsalot: Thank you!
ioh969: Thanks. I'm glad you like it.
Hazani Pratama: Thanks!
CGMozart118: Thank you - it's good to hear the cathedral fits better than the last one.
Paulobergonci: Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
feeroz123: Thanks! I hope you enjoy this entry.
Benedict: Thank you. I don't think it's particularly Mediterranean for it to be so green but that was a bit of an accident. A good one though, I reckon.
darkaliendude: Thanks!
Huston: I'm so glad you like it, thanks! I hope to see you back at the AIN again soon.
Update 114
Benedict: Thanks! The heart shape is a commemoration from the AINVision Song Contest, which was hosted in that arena and had a heart in its logo.
MuricanMike: Welcome to Cattala! If you mean the ones in the header, they are a fantastic set by Jeronij: https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=112
Huston: I'm glad, thank you! Happy new year to you too.
SimRico: Thanks so much!
City_Master: Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed them.
Schulmanator: Thanks! Happy New Year to you too!
NMUSpidey: Thank you for being such a loyal follower. I'm glad you liked it.
MilitantRadical: Three year's worth of work. I've never done a full tile view before because I've never built a city to the depth and detail of Celeste. This is the 29th update from Celeste, which I think says it all about the changes and alterations I've continuously made.
Phew, a lot of comments! Thank you all. I hope you all had a joyous New Year. For our first update of 2014, it's time to finish the tour of the refreshed Celeste, starting with Vittoria Palace, the home of the Royal Family of Cattala since the 17th century.
On a quiet Saturday morning, Celeste is a beautiful city, even in winter. The Palace overlooks a lake in the middle of the Fiume Celestica, which is as much a river as that famous channel in Panama. The dome of the Palace was supposed to be the highest point in the city, although that has long since changed.
The lake separates three distinct areas within the capital: Alder Hill, the political heartland of the city; Amadeus, the historic home of the monarchy; and Franogei, the contemporary home of the sovereign and the nation's embassies, high commissions and some government offices.
Franogei is also home to one of the country's most controversial buildings. The King's Reach Tower is the tallest outside of Aziens, standing at 129 metres tall. Built in the 1990s to replace the old Telegraph House, home of the Daily Telegraph newspaper, it was strongly opposed by conservationists, urban designers and, ironically, the newspaper group that sold the building to developers. Celeste Metropolitan Council and the Government of Amosseri supported the controversial tower, which was completed in 1995. Leaked military documents after the building was topped out suggested the royal protection force, the Arms Supreme, also opposed the development as it posed a "sniper risk" to Vittoria Palace, which is one block away.
Moving to a less controversial district, Alder Court is the tennis capital of the nation, and home to the NM Group, Cattala's second-largest media corporation behind RMI. They relocated to Blue Square, the blue tower, upon its completion in 1996. News broadcasts from the top floor show a live panoramic view of the city.
Imperial Court is west of Alder Court and home to Celeste's main university, Imperial University. It is the centre for the capital's medical and high-tech industries.
Now, for a view of central and south-western Celeste by night.
And a mosaic of three parts of the city - Franogei, Alder Hill and Aziens.
To end today's update, I've annotated that view of the city from the last update. The white areas show the districts of the city, and the orange show the key places elsewhere in the country and province. Please note that the city is laid out incorrectly to a normal compass - the east is west, and west is east. Don't ask why. 
Clockwise from the top, Vittoria is a suburb of Celeste that we have visited several times, Calora is the country's second largest city and the capital of Fieranti province. Avias is the location of King Marco Bonnecelli Airport, Celeste's main airport. Brunel is the nearest suburb of Celeste that forms the start of the "Albert Belt" of suburbs along the south west of the city. Celeste Harbour is the port serving the capital, and Sutton is the main railway junction town south-east of the city. Jennai is Cattala's largest city.
Comment, rate and let me know what you think!
Thomas
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