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Machu Picchu
Description
Mountain tiles provide a standard adjacency bonus to Commercial Hub, Theater Square, and Industrial Zone districts in all cities.

Must be built on a Mountain tile that does not contain a Volcano.
Historical Context
At 2,430 meters above sea level in the Andes Mountains of Peru is the historic site of Machu Picchu. Once a royal estate, or perhaps a religious site, for the Incan empire, it was abandoned in the 16th century when the civilization was destroyed by a Spanish invasion. Lost to history for hundreds of years, Machu Picchu was rediscovered in 1911 by American archeologist Hiram Bingham, exciting tourists immediately and for years to come. Today, hundreds of thousands of tourists visit the site annually.

Most remarkable about the site is how seamlessly it blends into the natural world. This lost city is made up of stone terraces, a farming sector, homes, temples, and more – approximately 200 buildings in total. The finely fit stonework and intricate irrigation systems nod to the sophistication of the lost Incan civilization.
PortraitSquare
icon_building_machu_picchu
“...Eagles fly, The turrets round, and seem to flout the sky;
They eye those walls now crumbling in decay,
And scare from quiet rest their destined prey.”
- Samuel Prout Hill

Traits

Removed if game started after
Renaissance Era
+4 Gold
+1000 Tourism from Rock Concerts.

Requirements

Technology
Placement
icon_terrain_plains_mountain
Plains (Mountain)
icon_terrain_tundra_mountain
Tundra (Mountain)
icon_terrain_snow_mountain
Snow (Mountain)
icon_terrain_desert_mountain
Desert (Mountain)
Production Cost
Base Cost: 400 Production
PortraitSquare
icon_building_machu_picchu
Description
Mountain tiles provide a standard adjacency bonus to Commercial Hub, Theater Square, and Industrial Zone districts in all cities.

Must be built on a Mountain tile that does not contain a Volcano.
Historical Context
At 2,430 meters above sea level in the Andes Mountains of Peru is the historic site of Machu Picchu. Once a royal estate, or perhaps a religious site, for the Incan empire, it was abandoned in the 16th century when the civilization was destroyed by a Spanish invasion. Lost to history for hundreds of years, Machu Picchu was rediscovered in 1911 by American archeologist Hiram Bingham, exciting tourists immediately and for years to come. Today, hundreds of thousands of tourists visit the site annually.

Most remarkable about the site is how seamlessly it blends into the natural world. This lost city is made up of stone terraces, a farming sector, homes, temples, and more – approximately 200 buildings in total. The finely fit stonework and intricate irrigation systems nod to the sophistication of the lost Incan civilization.
“...Eagles fly, The turrets round, and seem to flout the sky;
They eye those walls now crumbling in decay,
And scare from quiet rest their destined prey.”
- Samuel Prout Hill

Traits

Removed if game started after
Renaissance Era
+4 Gold
+1000 Tourism from Rock Concerts.

Requirements

Technology
Placement
icon_terrain_plains_mountain
Plains (Mountain)
icon_terrain_tundra_mountain
Tundra (Mountain)
icon_terrain_snow_mountain
Snow (Mountain)
icon_terrain_desert_mountain
Desert (Mountain)
Production Cost
Base Cost: 400 Production