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 ====== Samarobrive====== ====== Samarobrive======
-**Samarobrive** is an Obscure City in the Central southern portion of the [[Continent]], bordering the [[Sea of Farewells]]. Controls the [[Quadra Nova]] territory ((Read: [[en:albums:Le Guide des Cités]])). It has a number of points in common with the French city of [[Amiens]], and almost even took that name. This is interesting, because Amiens was the last residence of Jules Verne, and the famous author is known to have visited the Obscure Cities extensively. +**Samarobrive** is an Obscure City in the Central southern portion of the [[Continent]], bordering the [[Sea of Farewells]]. Controls the [[Quadra Nova]] territory ((Read: [[en:albums:Le Guide des Cités]])). It has a number of points in common with the French city of [[Amiens]], and almost even took that name. This is interesting, because Amiens was the last residence of [[en:dictionary:verne-jules|Jules Verne]], and the famous author is known to have visited the Obscure Cities extensively. 
  
 The [[Temple of Servadac]] can be found in Samarobrive ((Read: [[en:albums:L'Archiviste]])). It is reported that Captain [[Nemo]] visited the place, but it may have been in fact [[Verne, Jules|Jules Verne]]. This event was recorded both by a drawing of [[Sainclair, Stanislas|Stanislas Sainclair]] and a fresco of [[Desombres, Augustin|Augustin Desombres]] ((Read: [[en:albums:L'Echo des Cités]], [[en:albums:le-musee-a-desombres]])).  The [[Temple of Servadac]] can be found in Samarobrive ((Read: [[en:albums:L'Archiviste]])). It is reported that Captain [[Nemo]] visited the place, but it may have been in fact [[Verne, Jules|Jules Verne]]. This event was recorded both by a drawing of [[Sainclair, Stanislas|Stanislas Sainclair]] and a fresco of [[Desombres, Augustin|Augustin Desombres]] ((Read: [[en:albums:L'Echo des Cités]], [[en:albums:le-musee-a-desombres]])). 
  
 +**Samarobrive** is also known for its floating gardens ((Read: [[en:albums:le-retour-du-capitaine-nemo|Le retour du capitaine Nemo]])).
  
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