Parthenope

Parthenope
City
Urban Parthenope at night
Country	Isles of Velar
County	Parthenope
Population  (2014)
• Urban	1,130,817 (23rd)
Demonym	Parthenopean
Time zone	UTC−1

Parthenope (pronounced /ˈtænz.ᵻˌɡɑːr/) is the capital and most populous city of the Isles of Velar. The chief city on the island of Napocis, it is the only settlement in the City and County of Parthenope with which it is coterminous. It is the twenty-third most-populous city in the Trellinese Empire.

Parthenope has been continuously settled for over three thousand years. It flourished in the mid-1st millennium BC as the centre of the Kingdom of Parthon. In 765, Parthenope became the capital of the nascent Kingdom of the Isles of Velar established by Szantir I and has retained this distinction to the present day. It is the chief royal centre of the kingdom and is the traditional residence of the Velaran monarchs, although no monarch has made Parthenope his primary residence since Queen Tarien. In 1770, the Siege of Parthenope saw the city fall to forces loyal to Elcmar IV of Trellin during the War of the Velaran Succession. As a capital city within the Trellinese Empire, Parthenope is a key economic and political centre and enjoys a high standard of living.