Heron Court

The Heron Court is collonaded open courtyard on Emperor's Island, situated between the gatehouse and the Hall of Thousand Splendours. It is the main backdrop for newscasts and interviews from the palace, and one of the empire's best known tourist locations. 
==History==
* Heavily damaged during the Age of Many Emperors and rebuild under the rule of Empress Amadeus Grebenstein.
== Layout ==
* A square courtyard surrounded by artfully carved columns on all sides, with a square pond in the centre and an immense, centuries-old ta'prohm tree in the south-western corner. The columns support a low-hanging, curved roof with pale-green, glazed roof tiles, echoing the style of Downtown.
* The pond is deep enough to host countless small fish, causing flocks of colourful herons to cluster to the rocks, giving rise to the courtyard's name 
* In keeping with House Virasana's penchant for asymmetric layouts, the Heron Court does not have the same numbers of columns on either side.
* It always looks a little overgrown and in need of a few renovations. But considering that the courtyard has been given exactly that impression since more than two-hundred years by now, it can be safely assumed that the impression is intentional. 
== Snippets ==
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==Other Articles on the Heron Court==
Heron Court
Category:Places
Category:Emperor's Island