Temple

Temple
Production Cost	100
Maintenance	2
Unlocked at	Philosophy

The Temple is a building available in the Classical Era.

Game Info

Building a Temple requires a Shrine or any of its replacements.

• +2 Faith

With Social Policies / Tenets:

• Organized Religion (Piety): +1 additional Faith
• Theocracy (Piety): +25% Gold

With Religious Beliefs:

• Feed the World (Follower): +1 Food
• Choral Music (Follower): +2 Culture if there are 5 followers
• Religious Center (Follower): +2 Happiness if there are 5 followers

Overview

A temple is a religious building where the faithful can come together to worship. Such buildings show that a community is fairly wealthy as well as pious, since it can afford to construct a special structure and feed and clothe the priests, acolytes, vestal virgins, or monks within. In many early cultures each family would have a small shrine in their own dwelling; the oldest known separate temple dates from the 10th millennium BC and is located in southeastern Turkey.

Unique Building Replacements

Historical

Icon	Building	Civilization	Yields
	Abbatia Homoios	The Burgundians (Gundahar)	Unlocked at Theology. Requires a Shrine to be constructed. Has a Writer Specialist Slot. +3 Faith, doubled if constructed in a city adjacent to a Mountain tile. Generating Great People in the city during wartime converts the city to your religion.
	Asklepeion	Argos (Pheidon)	Costs no maintenance and provides +2 Happiness while the city follows your main Religion.
	Atroshan	The Sassanids (Shapur II)	+1 Food, increasing to +2 if its city is connected to the Capital Yields a burst of Food when making a Faith purchase in its city
	Baptistery	The Lombards (Theodelinda)	Double Faith while the city does not follow the Religion of your Capital, but slowly converts to it. We Love the King Days also increase Faith generation by 25% in this City.
	Bogomilian Church	Bosnia (Tvrtko I) (Hiram)	+1 Happiness Grants a free Missionary when built
	Burial Tomb	Egypt (Ramesses II)	+2 Happiness No maintenance cost Doubles Gold acquired when the city is captured
	Candi	Srivijaya (Sri Jayanasa)	+1 Maintenance Cost. +3% Wonder Production in the Capital (max. +30%). +5 XP for Naval Units for each Wonder in this City.
	Ceti	Pegu (Shin Sawbu)	+15% Gold per sea trade route from this city going to a city with the same Religion. +5% Gold per land trade route from this city going to a city with the same Religion. No maintenance fee.
	Chapel	The Papal States (Julius II)	May be built three times in any city, each possessing a different Great Work slot. Second and third chapels may be built after having 7 and 14 followers of your main Religion respectively.
	Chedi	Lanna (Mengrai)	+1 Culture and +1 Faith from Plantations
	Chorten	Tibet (Songtsän Gampo)	Generates points towards upgrading itself These points are generated by religious followers, mountains, and Great Works Each upgrade increases its yields
	Clas	Gwynedd (Cadwallon ap Cadfan)	-30% Production cost. Contains a slot for a Great Work of Art. +1 Faith and +10% border Culture for every 10 Clasau in the empire.
	Etemenniguru	Ur (Shulgi)	Yields +1 Faith. Costs 1 Gold in Maintenance Cost. Yields +15% and +1 Food.
	Fortified Church	Wallachia (Vlad III)	Unlocks at Construction. Does not require a Shrine. Provides free Walls in this city. Enemy Units within two tiles of this city have -10% Combat Strength.
	Funerary Mosque	Songhai (Askia) (With Sonni Ali's Songhai installed)	+2 Culture Contains a slot for a Great Work of Writing +2 Great Scientist points per incoming International Trade Route. No maintenance. No Crime. (CID)
	Gate of Peace and Happiness	Great Mongolia (Bogd Gegeen)	No base Faith yield. No Maintenance cost. Yields Faith based on the City's Local Happiness.
	Gurdwara	Punjab (Ranjit Singh)	+1 Food +1 additional Food per Religion present in the city No maintenance
	Gwbn	Saba-Da'amat (Makeda)	Produces Science and Golden Age points equal to the bonus Gold from Trade Route diversity. Trade Range is increased by 5% per Luxury resource improved by this city.
	Gyatsa	Guge (Yeshe-Ö)	Provides Production for each Trade Route with a city that shares its city's religion The amount of Production given scales for every Faith purchase made in its city
	Half-Moon Church	The Comanche (Iron Jacket)	During peace, trains units in this city faster depending on the faith output of the city. When making peace, spawn a missionary that can spread religion only once.
	Heiau	Hawaii (Kamehameha)	Gives a random Specialist when built
	Hounfour	Haiti (Papa Doc)	No Gold Maintenance. Constructed faster the further the city is from the Capital. When constructed, triggers a WLTKD in the city in which it was built.
	Kawi	The Selk'nam (Seriot)	Upon contruction, a Howenh is assigned to your city, providing a unique bonus for the City based on its compass direction from the capital.
	Khazira	Kokand (Nodira)	Contains 2 Great Works of Writing slots, that, when filled by Kokandi Great Works of the same area, provide +25% Great Person generation.
	Kirk	Scotland (Mary I)	Generates a burst of Faith and Culture when this city is converted. +2 Happiness in Cities following another Religion.
	Kurgan Tomb	Scythia (Ateas)	+5XP for all existing Units Grants Ancient Ruins bonus if the City is captured
	Kutinyam	The Mohave (Irataba)	Provides less Faith than the building it replaces, but provides +1 Faith per worked River tile. While this city is in We Love The King Day, River tiles will also yield +1 Food if at Peace, or +1 Gold if at War.
	Lapau	Brunei (Bolkiah)	Provides Great Admiral points for every trade route from its city to another city with the same religion, doubled if the destination city has a different owner.
	Larrakitj	The Yolngu (Wonggu)	No Maintenance cost Extends land trade route range by 50%. Contains a slot for a Great Work of Music, which when filled, provides +15% Great People Generation to all your cities connected by a trade route.
	Mandir	India (Gandhi) (With the India Civilization Pack)	+1 Faith per 2 Citizens
	Marae Ringatu	The Māori (Te Kooti)	+10% of the cost of Faith purchases made in this city are given back as Faith after purchasing. +1 Faith for every two tiles of rough terrain on or adjacent to the city.
	Masgid	Semien (Gudit)	+3 City Defense Provides Production equal to half the total Faith output of the Capital.
	Mazar	The Fatimids (al-Mu'izz)	Contains a Scientist specialist slot Grants +2 Faith for each Academy worked by its city
	Missionshus	Greenland (Hans Egede)	Spawns a Work Boat when completed in a Coastal City. Stores 5% Food for each incoming and outgoing Trade Route.
	Mortuary Temple	Egypt (Tutankhamun)	Starts a 10-turn 'We Love the King Day' when constructed, and a 5-turn 'We Love the King Day' in all other cities with a Mortuary Temple. City must have a Shrine.
	Mound Temple	The Mississippi (Tuskaloosa)	Provides Faith and Science based on the latitude of the City Centers the equator on the world map No Gold Maintenance
	Misiones	Paraguay (Gaspar Rodriguez)	Has 1 Great Work of Music slot +1 Culture if the empire has a Jungle tile
	Mud Pyramid Mosque	Songhai (Askia)	+2 Culture No maintenance cost
	Namazgah	Bukhara (Shah Murad)	Acts as a courthouse. Receive happiness and religious followers after constructing faith or religious buildings.
	Platform Mound	Hohokam (I'itoi)	If its city contains a Trade Route, all worked freshwater tiles provide Golden Age Points
	Posadskiy Veche	Pskov (Daumantas)	Contains 2 Merchant Slots. Contains a slot for a Great Work of Writing. Every 15 turns, the Veche will recommend a policy specific to the city, known as Posadnik Laws, which can be enacted quickly. Posadnik Laws will change depending on the specialist makeup of the city.
	Qubba	Darfur (Ali Dinar)	In cities with a Qubba, the Gold cost of tiles adjacent to a tile yielding Faith is offset. All Great People in city limits may be expanded for Golden Age Points.
	Reliquary	The Franks (Clovis I)	When making a Gold or Faith purchase in its city, gain a burst of Production toward the current unit or building in progress. The amount of production is based on the number of cities following your Religion. (With JFD's Great Relics installed:) Contains a slot for a Great Relic
	Roundhouse	The Pomo (Essie Parrish)	+1 Faith for every 4 Citizens in the city. Has a Great Work of Art slot. +10% Religious Pressure from this city per Great Work in it.
	Royal Ekallu	Assyria (Sammuramat)	Generates +5 Happiness if produced by expending a Great Engineer. Generates +3 Great Engineer points per city being Razed by Assyria
	Royal Pagoda	Dali (Duan Siping)	May be built three times in the capital. When constructed, clears all adjacent Marsh Tiles. Religious units expended in a city with a Royal Pagoda cause Hill and River tiles under Trade Routes within city limits to yield an additional +1 Faith.
	Ryugen-ji	Shimazu (Shimazu Yoshihisa)	+2 Science Gain a burst of Science when a foreign Religious Unit is expended adjacent to this City
	Serapeum	The Ptolemies (Ptolemy Soter)	+2 Culture and +1 Happiness in conquered cities Spawns a military unit from the previous Era upon the outbreak of war
	Shul	Khazaria (Bulan)	Unlocked at Currency +1 Gold for outgoing Trade Routes for every three followers of your Religion in this city +50% land Trade Route range No maintenance cost
	Sieidi	The Sámi (Eadni)	Reveals up to 3 Sieidi improvements Each Sieidi Improvement grants +2 Culture and +2 Faith
	Sobor	Muscovy (Ivan IV)	Eliminates Unhappiness from Occupied cities Reduces cost of acquiring tiles by the city's Faith output
	Stave Church	Norway (Haakon Haakonsson)	Stores Food whenever a new Citizen is born equal to the city's Faith output Does not require a Shrine
	Sume	The Kalmyks (Ayuka Khan)	Provides +1 Faith on all Scientist specialists and +1 Culture from Engineer specialists. Provides Science and Culture based on how far this city is from the holy city of its majority religion.
	Temple of Zun	The Zunbils (Rutbil)	+1 Happiness. If an Inquisition performed on this City successfully removes the presence of all foreign Religions, the City will enter "We Love the King Day".
	Templum Solis	Rome (Aurelian)	City automatically adopts your Pantheon upon construction Converts followers until a Religion is spread to the Capital +1 Happiness from Pantheon followers when built in the Capital
	Teocalli	The Aztec (Tlacaelel)	Units trained in its city get +3 XP for every Social Policy branch opened, doubling if that branch is completed
	Thatched Tomb	Buganda (Muteesa I)	+50 Production Cost. Foreign Religious Pressure contributes to the production of Naval units in this City. Cities with a Thatched tomb gain Golden Age points from accumulating new tiles and Tourism from constructing Belief Buildings.
	Turquoise Minaret	The Ghurids (Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad Ghori)	Increased Production cost (300 vs 120). +4 , increased per Belief Building purchased in conquered cities. Begins a Golden Age if constructed upon the birth or death of a Great Person.
	Vank	Armenia (Tiridates III)	Has a Great Work of Art slot that converts 20% of the population to your Religion +2 Faith if the city is near a mountain
	Wampum House	Onondaga (Tadodaho)	+1 Culture and +1 Faith for every Allied City-State, doubled during Golden Ages. Having a Wampum House in all cities increases Golden Age duration by 25%.
	Yazidi Shrine	Kurdistan (Barzanji)	Built 20% faster in cities with at least 2 religions +1 Culture for each religion present in the empire
	Ziggurat	Sumer (Eannatum)	Has 1 Scientist Specialist slot +1 Faith from Scientist Specialists in the City

Fictional

Icon	Building	Civilization	Yields
	Air Temple	Air Nomads (Gyatso)	Provides +2% Food Growth for every citizen (max 20%) Provides +4% Food Growth for every citizen (max 40%) Provides +25% Defense to it's city.
	Relic	The Rakyat (Citra)	Contains a slot for a Great Work of Art or Artifact. When Great Work slot is filled, provides +10 XP to newly-trained Units.
	Temple of Naga	Ylisse (Emmeryn)	+3 Culture. +2 Happiness.