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The Alta-Plana website is made to archive the world of Les Cités Obscures on the Internet. It hosts the most comprehensive dictionary of all topics related to these Obscure Cities and it authors François Schuiten and Benoît Peeters. The original dictionary was made late 90's by Sylvain St.Pierre. It was turned into the current dictionary in 2011 by Joseph le Perdriel.

Les Cités obscures (literally The Obscure Cities, but published in English as Cities of the Fantastic) is a graphic novel series set on a Counter-Earth, started by the Belgian comics artist François Schuiten and his friend, writer Benoît Peeters in the early 1980s. In this fictional world, humans live in independent city-states, each of which has developed a distinct civilization, each characterized by a distinctive architectural style.

Read also: The Obscure Cities: An Introduction

The dictionary is setup like a wiki. This gives the possibility to easily change and add pages to the dictionary. The dictionary is open for everybody who register on the website to add their own information to the dictionary.

If you have a question or remark you can contact Joseph le Perdriel by the feedback form.