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Urithiru is as wide as a city and as tall as a small mountain.{{book ref|sa3|24}} It consists of 10 semi-circular levels, with each level being 18 stories tall, for a total of 180 floors. {{book ref|sa3|2}} Going down, each level is wider than the one above it, with the roofs of the wider levels having fields and gardens built on them. There are numerous balconies on the sides of the tower. The bottom level has wide sections jutting out at the perimeter, each the size of a plateau.{{book ref|sa3|2}} These areas have grooves, which in the past were furrows for growing crops, and planter boxes around the edges.{{book ref|sa3|18}} In front of the tower is a massive plaza surrounded by the ten [[Oathgate]] platforms.{{file ref|Urithiru.jpg}}
The lower levels "meld" into the mountain on either side, but the center and the upper levels have a flat side on the stormward side. Rooms in this flat side have windows facing the [[Origin]]. {{book ref|sa3|4}} The glass windows miraculously survived thousands of years of abandonment utterly intact.{{book ref|sa3|8}}
The center column of Urithiru is one solid window, also facing the
Because the tower is high enough to be above the highstorms, long chains with cages exist to lower gemstones down to renew Stormlight.{{book ref|sa3|4}}
===Strata===
Each tunnel in Urithiru has distinctive patterns of strata.{{book ref|sa3|9}} Known strata colors include shades of brown, yellow, red, orange, and emerald green, though it would appear that only [[Surgebinder]]s are capable of perceiving the various colours.{{wob ref|10715}} The stone itself is smooth to the touch and hard enough that it can't be scratched with a knife.{{book ref|sa3|13}} Notably, the same strata patterns can be seen on [[Kholinar]] windblades, indicating similar (perhaps shared) origin.{{book ref|sa3|61}}
Shallan theorizes that the strata might be veins, though she's unsure of what they would be carrying.{{book ref|sa3|25}}
Known strata descriptions:
==== The Gem Archive ====
The [[Urithiru gem archive]] is used as a study hall for scholars and scholarly ardents working on uncovering the city's mysteries. As is later discovered, the panels on its walls are actually drawers, holding rows of gemstones that, when stormlight is put in them, vibrate in certain patterns, allowing them to hold messages.{{book ref|sa3|53}} It is also where meetings concerning the city's functionality and [[fabrial]]s are held.{{book ref|sa3|44}}
==== The Theater ====
A room resembling a theater can be found on the tower's third level, near the Breakaway. It's a large chamber with round walls and rows of benches facing a raised platform that served as a stage for concerts or plays. Past the theater's back door (the one which would be, presumably, used by the audience), there is a circular room with large vertical slits in the walls, some of which face Breakaway. However, neither it nor the theater itself can be reached directly from the market.{{book ref|sa3|25}}
==== Re-Shephir's Chamber ====
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