Reggio Ingris

Reggio Ingris, is a city of the Istalian region of Mezzodiurno, in the province of Romula. It rises in the middle of the Southern Plateau and of the Mezzodiurno Region, close to the borders with the Provinces of Nepoli, Bescara and Angona. The city is famous for the Battle of Reggio Ingris during which the Quanzari armies, led by the Great Emir Harun ibn Ahmad, defeated the armies of the Kingdom of Fidelia, the last bastion of an indipendent Sarrentina Peninsula.

Description
Reggio Ingris is known to be one of the most ancient cities of Istalia, founded as Ruha Isthir, or The Place of Isthis, after the name of the ancient Therrakan goddess of earth and fertility. Actually, the city was founded at the foot of the Reggio waterfalls, a complex system of waterfalls along one kilometer of the river Isti where, in antiquity, there were the only feasible ford connecting the south with the rest of the mainland, running the Isti River within deep canyons and gullies for most part of its course.

For this reason the ancient Reggio Ingris was always considered a primary target during all the numberous war which interested Istalia during is history. The Ayyadans defeated definitively the last remnants of the Kingdom of Qolshamih after the seize of Reggio Ingris; the Augustans built here one of the largest fortress in Istalia from which control all the south; the Kingdom of Fidelia exploited its control of Reggio Ingris to defend at the best the hearth of the Kingdom while fighing the other Istalian principilaties; the Sarrentina Peninsula and the Kingdom of Fidelia definitively fell under the Empire of Quanzar when the Battle of Reggio Ingris, as mentioned, was won by the Quanzari Emir.

Government
The local form of government of the city follow the model of the mayor–council government system, with a mayor (Istalian: Sindaco) elected by voters, and a unicameral council as the legislative branch (Istalian: Consiglio). To the mayor is given almost total administrative authority and a clear, wide range of political independence, with the power to appoint and dismiss department heads and furthermore he prepares and administers the city budget, although most part of the decisions must be approved by the council.