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Arquennes - Old City (2)

feyss

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Hello everyone!

Today, we're going to continue our tour of Arquennes' old city *;)

Let's go!

24. ARQUENNES - OLD CITY (2)

1. We begin directly with the city's most famous landmarks, St. Etienne Cathedral and the episcopal palace. They were the symbols during centuries of the city's ecclesiastical power. Now, they attract many tourists. The cathedral's tower can be seen from many kilometers around.

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2. On the right, the simply named Arquennes Museum, it was built in 1923 to show the many pieces of art that the Episcopal Principality had gathered during centuries. Not far from it, people love wandering next to Cardinal Ladeuze fountain.

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3. The city is not flat of course! On the Right, St. Jacques' Gate, from the city's first wall.

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4. People really appreciate pedestrian areas!

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5. The last picture features several things that I've tried to implement in this city:

  • More roundabouts to make it as much European as possible
  • More curves to give the city a more natural look
  • More green areas. FrankU's parks are awesome for that purpose! I can't stop using them.
  • More empty walls. Cities IRL aren't perfect, so I don't think I should cover every walls, especially when the BAT maker added awesome textures on it!

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7. Rue du Rempart ('Wall street'), a pedestrian street with many restaurants.

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8. The train station. As you can see, the building is a bit outdated. Fortunately, its renovation was decided by the national train company.

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11. The Old Market, an institution in Arquennes, and the Memorial 39-45.

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14. One small mosaic.

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15. 3 Bigger views *;)

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I hope you liked it!

See you soon *:P

- REPLIES -

@_Michael Thanks a lot my friend!

@kschmidt Thank you too!

@The British Sausage Your enthusiastic comment: 10/10. Thank you!

@SC4L0ver Thank you too!

@younghappy Thank you! That was my objective, great to see it worked!

@Scirius: I can't tag you, that's incredible... I've been using some of your houses for a while now, they really fit everywhere! Thanks a lot for the comment!

@Urban Constanta Thank you very much!

@TekindusT Thanks a lot!

@nRVOUS It's my own personalised sidewalk. I didn't release it officially, but you can find it here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ff9ua5vic3sws6h/textures perso.dat?dl=0

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I love the way you've integrated all the building styles, heights and colours. Truly a feast for the eyes!

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I tend to infer some precise real life cities that could have been influences just to realize that this city is simply very realistically shaped - and simply represent very well lots of mid-sized cities in western europe, and that you nailed like the concept of them. Very well done :thumb:

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feyss: you are definitely on form with Arquennes hence my enthusiasm.

Anyway: :LlamaLeap: MOAR! :LlamaLeap:

I wanna see the whole city tile to see how everything fits together.

The best part of this entry was the railway station next to the car-park and canal; very good use of disparate lots.

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Nice town view!

Think because of the different colors and shapes, but it isn't messed up.

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Wonderful job once again!! Love how it's taking shape. :thumb:

—SC4L0ver

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