Cities for Fantasy Cartographic Inspiration

[GlennZilla]

It's been discussed but, Venice is a big one for me. Also try a Google Image Search for any of the following medevil itallian cities.

San Gimanino
Sienna
Florence (specifically the Duomo and Ponte Vecchio)

I heard that Prague is the oldest surviving city in Europe. Castle Prajama in Slovenia is neat, it was featured on Ghost Hunters last week.

[Redrobes]

In the UK I think Oxford is pretty cool and has lots of interesting buildings and architecture. I definitely agree with Chester too. If you like Roman or Georgian then Bath can't be beat (in the UK). People swoon over Stratford on Avon but personally I cant see the big fuss - same goes for York too. Edinburgh is real special tho. Some of the smaller towns are pretty cool too. Warwick, Marlborough, Lacock, Wells, Salisbury to name a few. Often there are more where its some of the individual buildings in certain places that are special where the town or city is not.

[torstan]

I'd add that the tower of London is one of the most formidable castles I have ever seen, followed (or possibly surpassed) by Malbork Castle in the north of Poland. But this is a city thread so that's more of an aside.