Caprica City

Caprica City, before the Cylon attack. (C. SciFi Channel)

Caprica City is an ocean-front city of tall towers and glittering spires, bisected by a river, which leads down to the sea from the lakes in the hills behind the city. Prior to the Cylon attack, Caprica City was home to some 7 million people. It was the largest city on Caprica, and the civil administration centre for the planet and Twelve Colonies as a whole, home to the exectuive, legislative and judicial branches of government. It was also home to the Colonial Defense Mainframe.

A large spaceport linked the city with the rest of the Twelve Colonies, while the hills behind the city provided secluded living space for the well-off among the population, such as Doctor Gaius Baltar. It was surrounded by a number of smaller hamlets, such as Oasis (Mini-Series).

Pre-attack Caprica City from another angle. (C. SciFi Channel)

It was completely depopulated by a Cylon nuclear detonation in the Cylon attack and occupied by Cylon forces, who established a military presence and disposed of the human corpses left behind. Its buildings and infrastructure were left mostly intact.