Cultural Wonder

**Cultural Wonders** are Districts that are unique in the world and provide Fame and potent bonuses to an Empire. **Wonders** are inspired by and named after, famous real-world buildings or landmarks. **Cultural Wonders** are built through Shared Projects by City cooperation.

Not to be confused with **Natural Wonders**.

## Building a wonder

**Cultural Wonders** are unlocked after reaching the Ancient Era, and need to be claimed before the Empire unlocks the ability to build it.

* To claim a Wonder, one needs an increasing amount of Influence. The cost follows the equation

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* Once a Wonder is **claimed**, it will not be available to any other Empire.
* The Empire cannot claim a new Cultural Wonder until it has finished building the previous one.
* The claim for a wonder can be renounced (but no influence is refunded).

Cultural Wonder claim costs (not affected by Game Speed)

Cultural Wonder production costs (on normal game speed)

The Wonder can be placed anywhere on owned Territories (with some exceptions), and it is possible to assign multiple Cities to its construction.

* Like other Shared Projects, Wonder constructions can be bought out by Population (very inefficient).
* Religious wonders get a -30%Industry cost from **Religious Rites** civic.
* The Pyramid of Giza wonder will provide a -25%Industry cost to other Wonders (as they are considered Districts)
* The Lumberjack avatar strength gives the AI -25%Industry cost when building Cultural Wonders.

## Characteristics of a Wonder

* Once a Wonder is built, it will provide yields to the City (which controls the Territory where the Wonder is built) and the Empire with benefits.
	+ Every Wonder has two default bonuses: A certain amount of Stability to the City that owns it, and 100Fame to the Empire that built it upon completion.
	+ Most Wonders fully exploit the FIMS in adjacent tiles. Notable exceptions are those that receive district adjacency bonuses, which either exploit only their own tile, or only exploit a specific type of yield.
	+ The tile that the Wonder is on cannot be overwritten by any other building or District.
	+ Certain Wonders also act as a Holy Site for effects and bonuses.

* If an enemy Empire captures the Territory where the Wonder is placed, the new Territory owner gets all of the benefits from the Wonder, except the Fame bonus.

* Wonders can be ransacked (by any Units) or bombed (by Artillery and bombers), and will be lost forever.

## List of Wonders

### Ancient Era

**Pyramid of Giza****Ancient Era**
**Hanging Gardens of Babylon****Ancient Era**
**Stables of Pi-Ramesses****Ancient Era**DLC
**Stonehenge****Ancient Era**
**Temple of Artemis****Ancient Era**
### Classical Era

**Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion****Classical Era**DLC
**Colosseum****Classical Era**DLC
**Colossus of Rhodes****Classical Era**
**Lighthouse of Alexandria****Classical Era**
**Mausoleum at Halicarnassus****Classical Era**
**Pyramid of the Sun****Classical Era**DLC
**Statue of Zeus****Classical Era**
### Medieval Era

**Angkor Wat****Medieval Era**
**Citadel of Alamut****Medieval Era**DLC
**Forbidden City****Medieval Era**
**Great Mosque of Djenné****Medieval Era**DLC
**Great Zimbabwe****Medieval Era**DLC
**Notre Dame****Medieval Era**DLC
**Tōdai-Ji****Medieval Era**
### Early Modern Era

**Brussels Town Hall****Early Modern Era**DLC
**Hôtel des Invalides****Early Modern Era**DLC
**Machu Picchu****Early Modern Era**
**Saint Basil's Cathedral****Early Modern Era**
**Santa Maria del Fiore****Early Modern Era**
**Taj Mahal****Early Modern Era**
**Topkapi Palace****Early Modern Era**
**Palace of Versailles****Early Modern Era**DLC
### Industrial Era

**Kaiserliche Werft****Industrial Era**DLC
**Statue of Liberty****Industrial Era**
**Big Ben****Industrial Era**
**Eiffel Tower****Industrial Era**
**The Royal Palace of Pape'ete****Industrial Era**DLC
### Contemporary Era

**Congress of Humankind Headquarters****Contemporary Era**DLC
**Empire State Building****Contemporary Era**
**Maracanã Stadium****Contemporary Era**DLC
**Sydney Opera House****Contemporary Era**
**The Pentagon****Contemporary Era**DLC
**Christ the Redeemer****Contemporary Era**
**Mauna Kea Observatory****Contemporary Era**DLC