Alamos Town
Alamos Town (Japanese: アラモスタウン Alamos Town) is an anime-exclusive town in Sinnoh that was featured in the movie The Rise of Darkrai. The town's centerpiece is the Space-Time Tower. The town also had a Contest, which Dawn participated in. It was nearly destroyed while Dialga and Palkia were fighting. It is the home of Darkrai. There is a garden near the water in where many Pokémon play. The garden was also where Alicia first met Darkrai, after defending himself from a Roserade, a Kirlia, and a Luxray.
Location in Sinnoh
Alamos Town appears to be located northwest of Oreburgh City and Northeast of Jubilife City. The main part of the city is on top of a large mesa in the middle of a lake. There is a bridge connecting the mesa to the mainland.
According to maps of Sinnoh, the area around Alamos Town is heavily wooded with many hills and plateaus. According to a recent map of the anime, it is located near the Ravaged Path.
Many Pidgey and Rattata can be seen roaming here.
Trivia
- The Darkrai handed out at the Toys "R" Us distribution, as well as the ones distributed in Europe, had the OT "ALAMOS", a reference to the tenth movie's location, Alamos Town.
- Alamos Town is the third movie-made city based off a real city outside Japan.
Origin
Alamos Town is based on Barcelona, Spain.
The Space-Time Tower located in Alamos Town is based on the Sagrada Família church in Barcelona. It also seems that the designer of the Space-Time Tower, Godey, and main character Tonio, is based on the creator of the cathedral, Antoni Gaudí.