Landmarks of Curna
Knowledge Made Stone, Steel, and Brass
Curna's skyline is unlike anywhere else on Koinonia.
Massive Gothic structures rise among towers covered in gears, mechanical devices, pipes, observatory equipment, moving mechanisms, and experimental technology.
Several locations are particularly well known.
The Great Grand Library
Perhaps the greatest symbol of Curna itself.
The Great Grand Library contains an enormous collection of books, scrolls, manuscripts, historical records, scientific observations, and scholarly works.
Researchers from across Koinonia seek access to its collections.
For Curnanites, preserving knowledge is nearly as important as discovering it.
Some portions of the library are readily accessible.
Others are considerably harder to enter.
The Royal Palace
The residence of King Oghma and the center of Curnanite government.
The palace serves both as a political institution and as a symbol of continuity between modern Curna and its ancient traditions.
Celeste Observatory
Perched above the city, the Celeste Observatory allows Curnanite astronomers to study the heavens.
Its sophisticated instruments and enormous telescopes represent Curna's determination to understand not merely Koinonia, but the universe surrounding it.
Medica Extremia
Curna's foremost medical institution.
Physicians, researchers, healers, and scholars study the body, disease, injury, treatments, medicines, and experimental healing techniques within its halls.
It represents the Curnanite belief that even suffering can be reduced through understanding.
The Clockwork Tower
One of the city's greatest engineering achievements.
Its enormous interconnected mechanisms regulate timekeeping while simultaneously serving as a public demonstration of Curnanite mechanical mastery.
For many visitors, seeing the Clockwork Tower moving for the first time is when they truly understand what kind of city Curna is.
The Hall of Inventors
A collaborative center where engineers, scholars, artificers, mechanics, and creators develop experimental technologies.
Some inventions become revolutionary.
Others explode.
Curnanites generally consider both outcomes educational.
The Market Square
The commercial center of Curna.
Merchants, craftspeople, inventors, travelers, and traders gather here to exchange goods, equipment, components, books, unusual materials, and occasionally ideas worth considerably more than anything being sold.
Fyre and Brimmer Stone Brewery
One of Curna's better-known social establishments.
The brewery combines traditional brewing practices with the Curnanite tendency to experiment with almost everything.
It is a popular location for conversation, argument, celebration, and the exchange of rumors.