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Ponies have been living in Canterlot for over 1,000 years as of the [[Era of Twilight]], with the construction of [[Canterlot Castle]] starting when [[{{FIM|Princess Celestia]]}} and [[{{FIM|Princess Luna]]}} were both foals. The construction of the castle was rocky, however, as animals kept damaging the construction equipment, causing many set-backs until Luna managed to reason well with the animals and come up with a fair compromise.<ref>{{C|LOM|3}}</ref> However, in the early days after the castle was finally constructed, there was no real city of Canterlot yet.<ref name = ANU18>[[Legends of Magic Annual 2018|''Legends of Magic'' annual 2018]]</ref>

ApproximetelyApproximately 1,000 years before the [[Mare of the Moon]] incident, [[Princess Luna]] was banished from Canterlot to live on the [[Moon]]<ref>"[[Friendship is Magic - Part 1]]"</ref> after she succumbed to the corrupting powers of the [[Stygian (Corrupted Universe)|Pony of Shadows]],<ref name = ANU18/> causing [[Princess Celestia]] to feel great shame for nearly 1,000 years.<ref name = FALL>"[[The Fall of Sunset Shimmer]]"</ref>

ASome few decadesyears before the Mare of the Moon incident, a young unicorn named [[Sunset Shimmer]] was born in Canterlot, or at least lived there and eventually began to study at Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns. She became Princess Celestia's personal student, but was lead astray until she eventually betrayed Celestia and used the [[Magic Mirror]] to escape to the [[Universe of Equestria Girls|Human dimension]].<ref name = "FALL"/><ref>''[[My Little Pony: Equestria Girls]]''</ref>

Later, {{FIM|Twilight Sparkle}} was born in the city as the only daughter of the [[Sparkle family|her family]] and would become the youngest child. After proving her skill by hatching the young dragon named [[{{FIM|Spike]]}} from his egg, Twilight was accepted into Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns and would later become Celestia's pupil. Unlike Sunset before her, Twilight did not falter from the straight and narrow and proved herself to be kind, selfless, brave and heroic, if a bit awkward, anti-social and rude at times.<ref>"[[Cutie Mark Chronicles]]"</ref><ref name = "FIM11">{{C|FIM|11}}</ref><ref>{{C|FIM|12}}</ref>

Years later, Twilight was tasked with going to [[Ponyville]] to organize the [[Summer Sun Celebration]], but decided to stay in the city after discovering the magic of friendship. A little under a year later,<ref name = "FIM11"/> [[{{FIM|Princess Cadance]]}}, the princess of the [[Crystal Empire]] and former babysitter/honorary big sister to Twilight Sparkle got married to [[{{FIM|Shining Armor]]}}, the captain of the [[Royal Guards]] and big brother to Twilight Sparkle. Though the two were madly in love, their wedding was disastrous, with the invasion of the [[Changelings]], thus starting the [[Changeling wars]], took the city by surprise. After a plot was revealed that the Cadance Shining Armor was marrying was [[{{FIM|Queen Chrysalis]]}} in disguise, Twilight managed to free the real Cadance and together, the two saved the day.<ref>"[[A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1]]"</ref><ref>"[[A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2]]"</ref> The following night, Twilight thought about the event dreamily as she wondered who she would some day marry.<ref>"[[My Future Darling]]"</ref>

Sometime later, the [[Secret Comet]] passed by the [[night]] [[outer space|sky]] of [[Equestria]], amplifying the magical powers of all magical creatures. After Twilight and her friends embarked on an adventure to defeat Queen Chrysalis who came back with a vengeance,<ref>{{C|FIM|1}}</ref> Spike traveled to Canterlot totto rytry to tell Celestia what happened and inadvertently joined the battle to save Canterlot from the [[Cockatrice army]], becoming a war hero in the process.<ref>"[[In The Interim...]]"</ref>