Stepping down from the carriage, Casani looked up at the palace supported by white marble columns, its triangular pediment adorned with carvings of angels, saints, volcanoes, and vines.
This was the Apadi Palace, the residence of the former Speaker, and, along with Meigedi's Uffizi Palace, it was acclaimed as one of the two architectural gems of Rapids City.
Casani couldn't help but curl his mouth.
The architecture of Thousand River Valley, with its straight lines, seemed so outdated, reminiscent of the structures before the Hundred Years' War. As a native of Huaqiu City, he had seen too many of them.
In his hometown, the Royal Capital of Falan, there had already been a rise in more free-spirited designs of domes, curves, spirals, and ovals. A building like this would be ridiculed in Falan.
