Tomar

Tomar, located on the island of Lopava, is the capital and largest city of The Confederacy of the Alatutala Islands. It was founded in 1789 by French Governor Pierre LaFontaine as a site for a new capital in the young colony. The capital was officially moved to the new city two years after being founded. The city center is organized on a radial plan extending out from the Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow. The city plan, developed initially in Paris by engineer Denis Voilet, resembles a wheel, with main arterial roads as "spokes" and secondary streets as concentric rings extending out from the cathedral. Substantial reconstruction following World War Two followed a much more traditional grid plan. The National Government Complex, consisting of the National Capitol and national offices is located on the just-offshore island of Tuopa, which is connected by a bridge to the rest of the city.