Hydruntum
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Hydruntum is a town and Byzantine foothold in the south-east of the Italian Peninsula. It is an important gateway between Western Europe and the Byzantine empire. It's architecture is an eclectic mix of Arabian, Greek and European influences.
History
The town was found on the 8th of December 2018 by Brentbourguignon as "Ur". Soon after being found, the town was invited to join the Italia nation, which it subsequently did. Residents of Amalfi (another Italian town) however performed frequent raids on the city and this made Ur soon leave Italia again. A few days later, on the 12th of December, Ur found an ally in Byzantium and thus joined their nation. In honour of joining Byzantium, the town was renamed Brentopolis to fit the greek theme and later again renamed to Hydruntum.
Architecture and infrastructure
The both largest and tallest building in Hydruntum (and the entirety of Southern Europe) is the Palace of Brent which is currently 190 blocks tall and 9 chunks large. It is a massive fortified palace featuring the city hall, 12 bedrooms, an animal farm, automated wheat and kelp farms, a smelting hall, 2 dining rooms and an intricate minecart system to easily get around.
The second tallest building is the magnificent temple of Dionysus, a four chunk large greek temple made out of concrete and smoothstone.
Currently under construction is the 12 chunk large forum of Hydruntum which is meant to become a meeting place, trading place and arena.
Hydruntum is connected to the Albanian capital of Tirana, aswell as the Balkan and Eastern Europe by the Justinian Bridge. (A massive 200 block long, 16 block wide, and 20 block tall bridge made out of cobblestone, smoothstone, stone bricks and smoothstone slabs. It features a direct railway connection between Hydruntum and Tirana.