The walls surrounding Tar Valon are known as the Shining Walls, because they are so white they shine in the sunlight. Tar Valon just before dawn Significant features The Shining Walls Of the great cities of the land, Tar Valon is the greatest and most beautiful, with Caemlyn not far behind. Taxation from all the trade means that the White Tower's coffers are extremely rich. It isn't said whether or not the Aes Sedai helped to build Tar Valon's magnificent buildings and bridges as they helped build the White Tower or the Stone of Tear, however much of Tar Valon was definitely built by Ogier stonemasons. Even the shortest bridge is still almost a mile long and gracefully arches from the island to the shore. The city is linked to the mainland by six bridges, each one of which is a mighty feat of engineering in its own right. The city is centered on the White Tower and its grounds.
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The city doesn't just rely on its island location for defense, but also on its walls, which stretch along the full length of the banks of the island. The White Tower is, in fact, the tallest structure in the known world. The buildings of Tar Valon are noted for being graceful, tall, and sometimes linked together by unique 'skybridges'. The city fills the entire island, bar an Ogier grove, which is the only one within a major city still maintained and kept as a garden. The island of Tar Valon is eight miles long and more than two miles across at its widest point. Multiple major roads meet at the city, directly linking it to the cities of Fal Moran, Shol Arbela, Chachin, Maradon, Cairhien, and Caemlyn, while the River Erinin links the city to Tear, along with many important ports and trading centers along the way (most notably Aringill). Tar Valon is a vital trade and transport link between the Borderlands and the more populous, richer southern kingdoms of Andor, Cairhien, Illian, and Tear.
It has remained independent of outside control for its entire existence, although it has suffered several major sieges and even direct assaults. The population of the city in 1000 NE is roughly 500,000. The city is notable as the only place where Aes Sedai have wielded officialized administrative power since the War of the Hundred Years. Tar Valon is ruled by the Amyrlin Seat, although the day-to-day bureaucracy is handled by a council of Aes Sedai sisters and civil administrators. Tar Valon also controls a small amount of territory directly adjacent to it, although it does not have as much land as it did before the War of the Hundred Years. It is the center of Aes Sedai power and is also the second largest, most populous city in the Westlands. Tar Valon (pronounced: TAHR VAH-lon /ˈtɑɹ vəˈlɒːn/ ) is a city located on an island on the River Erinin, within sight of Dragonmount. For other uses of the term "Shining Walls," a part of the city, see Shining Walls. For the chapter in The Dragon Reborn by the same name, see The Dragon Reborn/Chapter 11.
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