Aurora:Leiria
Leiria is part of the Kingdom of Portugal. The town is located in Western Europe, in the west of the Iberian Peninsula. It is bordered by Porto to the north, by Guarda to the northeast, by Salamanca and Spanish Gulag (Spain) to the east, by Lisbon to the south and southeast and by the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Leiria was officially founded on May 1st, 2022 by underrrr. Leiria is a safe and pacific town as pvp, mobs, explosions and fire spread are disabled in its territory. It isn't public, which means that a player may only join the town through invitation.
History
Lisboa
Leiria's history begins with the foundation of the Kingdom of Portugal.
While a considerable amount of gold was being obtained for the formation of the capital, Lisbon, a group of players - that would later found Norway - anticipated for a mere second and created the Portuguese town. After some negociations an understanding was reached in which Portugal would give about 400g to these players in exchange of the town along with the promise that they would not create a town in Portuguese territory again. The Portuguese players ended up creating two other towns: one to the north, Porto, and the other quite close to Lisbon, named Lisboa. This is, in fact, the previous name of Leiria.
The town was founded by underrrr on May 1st, 2022, but shortly after its foundation a player called BeyondReturn was nominated to be in charge of it. He would remain as mayor until June 18th, 2022.
From Nothing to Something
About a month after Leiria's foundation, the mayor BeyondReturn felt bored for playing only by himself in the town and wanted to leave it. That's when the Portuguese King, underrrr, reached to zedascoubes suggesting him to be the new mayor, which he accepted.
The first issue zedascoubes had to deal in the town was changing its name Lisboa (portuguese name of Lisbon) to Leiria, as there was already a town named Lisbon, the capital of the Portuguese Realm. With a generous gold donation from the King, it was no big deal.
The following days were mainly based on planning, expanding and exploring the land. As zedascoubes took the charge of the town from a really early point and due to the development held in his ruling period he is considered, effectively, the founder of Leiria.
Beach
A matter of great interest to the newly appointed mayor was the coast of Leiria. From the beginning, zedascoubes made sure that the coastal chunks would be public, establishing a beautiful beach in the town.
Reconstruction of Castelo do Queijo
Castelo do Queijo was the first big building in Leiria, therefore becoming a landmark in the town. It was built by a player named oscargoty to be his home. At first, the building was located between a mount and the coast. As zedascoubes intended to preserve that mount, he decided to build the Town Hall above it. He then noticed that buildings too high would compromise the visibility of Leiria's central building and reached an agreement with oscargoty to change his home location. The emblematic second version of Castelo do Queijo, despite being slightly different from the previous one, can still be visited on Leiria's coast.
As a result of the most recent analysis of Leiria's territory planning, carried out by the Municipality of Leiria, the plot that until then housed the emblematic Castelo do Queijo was considered a "strategic place" of the city, so it would be under a stricter set of construction rules.
As such - and to prevent future problems - an agreement was established between the owner and the Town Council of rebuilding the construction in another location.
I would like to express my gratitude for the patriotic sacrifice of our fellow citizen oscargoty and wish him a good job in this remodeling of the old Castelo do Queijo.
zedascoubes
Town Hall
The Town Hall was Leiria's first public building, inspired in the facade of Leiria's City Hall in real life. This space comprehends, on its lower floor, a museum room, a conference room and a room for public services like enchanting and accessing the Nether. On the upper floor, an empty space destined to public events leads to the majestic balcony of the building. On the ground floor, the names, titles and donations of Honorary Persons and Donors are displayed.
Dear Leirians,
I hereby announce that the construction of our Town Hall is nearing the end, so I am delighted to invite you to follow the evolution of these facilities in their final stretch.
The second part of this press release is intended for all Portuguese people who, being also invited to visit the almost completed Town Hall building, should be aware of the most recent initiative by the Municipality of Leiria to display, at the entrance of the main building, the names and respective titles/contributions of Honorary Persons and Donors/Contributors who helped the town! Following are the photographic records made.
zedascoubes
Leather Industry
In spite of the great development of Leiria in terms of infrastructure, the town had no income other than donations, especially from its mayor. To solve that, zedascoubes decided to invest in the production of leather, a highly demanded resource in the market. Thus, an underground network for cows raising was set up, which extended over an area of 130 chunks.
Prince ArtistGames, who was in charge of the nation shop, spared a space for the leather sale. The competitive prices led to great economic prosperity for the town, therefore causing its tremendous expansion.
The Municipality of Leiria hereby announces that the sale of our leather, known for its unparalleled quality, has become a reality again, now in the recently opened national store.
Thus, and thanking the presence and assistance of His Excellency Prince ArtistGames at this inauguration, I invite all Leirienses to visit the exuberant national store and, now particularly, the leather sales area.
zedascoubes
Church
Change of Administration
With the beggining of a new year, zedascoubes ended up not having much time to spend on EarthMC, becoming progressively more inactive until finally being deleted from the server on February 5th, 2023, after being in charge of the town for more than 7 months.
His ruling era in Leiria left a legacy of great projects like Leiria's beach, the Town Hall building, the Leather Industry, Mondego River, conceived by FTbD, and the Town's Church, built by vksman. zedascoubes was then succeeded by FTbD in the role of mayor of Leiria.
Good afternoon, dear governors, councilors and leirienses,
I hereby formally announce the end of my mandate as Mayor of Leiria. Every moment has been great since the start of the new map. It was amazing to follow the foundation of our country, the cities and the whole surrounding process. It was worth it.
Sadly, for the last few months it has been impossible for me to be as active as I used to be. There was no shortage of ideas and will, the community on this server, and especially the Portuguese one, is outstanding. But things are just like that and now it makes perfect sense to talk about the future and not the past: With all legitimacy, and with my particular appreciation, the new President is FTbD. He who always wanted to be involved in the city's projects and who, now, can be much freer to administer and build our land.
I wish the new administration every success and maintain great confidence and expectations in it. As you know, I won't be here much, but I don't intend to leave the server completely, let's call it a "pause".
See you any day!
zedascoubes
Putting Leiria on the map
FTbD's period.
Geography
Leiria lies at an altitude blocks above the sea level (y = ) in the forest and desert biomes. It is located in Western Europe, in the west of the Iberian Peninsula. It is bordered by Porto to the north, by Guarda to the northeast, by Salamanca and Spanish Gulag (Spain) to the east, by Lisbon to the south and southeast and by the Atlantic Ocean to the west.
Demography
Leiria has a population of 11 residents. It has a population density of 0,05 res/chunk, having acquired the status of Hamlet. The residents of Leiria are called leirienses.
Landmarks
- Sanctuary of Fátima
- Castelo Branco
- Coimbra
- Town Hall Building
- Casa do Povo
- Red line (Metro/Underground network)
- Beach
- Mondego river
- Zezere river
Notable People
- underrrr, His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of Portugal, is the official founder of Lisboa (previous name of Leiria)
- BeyondReturn was the mayor of Lisboa (previous name of Leiria) until June 18th, 2022.
- zedascoubes was the mayor of Leiria between June 18th, 2022 and February 5th, 2023. He was responsible for changing the town's name from Lisboa to Leiria. Thus, adding to the great development held in his ruling period, he is considered the actual founder of Leiria.
- oscargoty was a resident in Leiria always available to help in the town's projects. He is a notable donor for Leiria and the builder of the famous Castelo do Queijo.
- Cycren was the mayor of Lugo when he decided to build an ice road that connected the Portuguese Continental towns, making it easier to travel between Leiria and the other neighbor towns. It has been improved and is currently used as the metro/underground network of Portugal.
- yTpFaiXx_ was one of the first residents of Leiria. His interest and nice buildings in the town, like the statue of "The Man", are notable.
- FTbD joined Leiria in a really active period of the town. He immediately started developing projects in the town and has always been a big fan of representing some real life lndmarks in Leiria's territory, like Mondego River, Castelo Branco, the Sanctuary of Fátima and others. He ended up succeeding zedascoubes as mayor of the town, since February 5th, 2023.
- HenriquePotter, the emperor of All-Rus', maintains close contact with the town through its mayor, being always willing to help.
- PauloRic, joined FTbD as a councilor of the town, helping with the planning and important decisions to develop the landscape and infrastructures that give Leiria it's charm.
Pictures