Zoo

Zoo
Production Cost	200
Maintenance	2
Unlocked at	Printing Press

The Zoo is a building available in the Renaissance Era.

Game Info

Building a Zoo requires a Colosseum or any of its replacements.

• +2 Happiness

Overview

The oldest known zoological menagerie (or "zoo") has been excavated at Hierakonpolis and dates to c. 3500 BC; the oldest existing zoo, the Tiergarten Schoenbrunn in Vienna, evolved from the exotic animal collection maintained by the Habsburg dynasty and was opened to the public in 1765 AD.

Unique Building Replacements

Historical

Icon	Building	Civilization	Yields
	Bökh Arena	Mongolia (Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj)	+2 Culture. +10% Production towards Ranged and Mounted units in this city.
	Chocolaterie	Belgium (Albert I) Belgium (Leopold II)	Albert I version: Grants 1 Praline, a unique Luxury Resource. No base Happiness. +1 Gold from Plantation-based resources. Leopold II version: +1 Culture. Does not yield Local Happiness. Does not require a Colosseum. Requires at least one available source of any Plantation-based resource per Chocolaterie. Provides 1 copy of the unique Praline luxury resource.
	Daily Herald	America (Norton I)	No base Local Happiness. +1 Local Happiness for each unique type of Cultural Great Work in the city.
	Guillotine	France (Maximilien Robespierre)	Provides no Happiness and 3 Culture. Retains 50% of the Happiness boost when rebuilt. Destroys two Citizens when built and one upon adopting a Social Policy.
	Imperial Menagerie	Holy Roman Empire (Frederick II)	Boosts Great People generation by 20% +1 Science for every Great Work in its city
	Playhouse	England (Elizabeth) (With Henry VIII's England installed)	Has 1 slot for a Great Work of Writing The first 3 built receive a prebuilt Great Work of Writing No maintenance
	Political Society	France (Lafayette)	Generates Great Writer Points based on the amount of Social Policies adopted. During War, generates Great General Points instead.
	Propaganda Ministry	North Korea (Kim il-Sung)	Provides an Artist Specialist -10% Food during WLTKD, but provides +1 Happiness and +1 Culture from  Great Works.
	Public House	Ireland (Michael Collins)	Yields no Happiness Has a free slot for a Great Work of Music, which grants +2 Happiness when filled and +2 Great Musician points if the City is working a source of Wheat or Wine. Pubs may appear in the Cities of Civilizations you are influencing culturally, yielding +1 Happiness for Ireland and the City owner, and +2 Culture and Tourism for Ireland.
	Sejmik	Poland (Stephen Bathory)	+2 Culture +1 Happiness for every three Policies adopted after its construction
	Spomenik	Yugoslavia (Josip Broz Tito)	Temporarily generates Culture whenever a Unit is defeated within range of the City, regardless of its owner. When producing Units, receive additional Production based on the city's Local Happiness, doubled while at War.
	Tennis Court	France (Louis XI)	+3 XP for each civilian unit trained in its city (max. +15)
	Wine Cellar	Two Sicilies (Ferdinand I)	+30% Trade Route range +2 Gold for each Trade Route departing this city
	Winery	Portugal (Maria I) (with Portugal (João II) installed)	Provides a source of the Wine luxury resource near the city of origin, and a second if a Defensive Pact is active.

Fictional

Icon	Building	Civilization	Yields
	Arena	Duty (Voronin)	+10 XP to newly-trained units. +2 Culture.
	Hong Kong Gay Bar	Nigrafantasia (Van Darkholme)	Does not require a Colosseum. +2 Culture. Has 2 Slots of Great Works of Literature, which when filled provide 10 XP to newly trained units in this city. +1 Production per 4 Citizens in the city.
	Smugglers' Den	Cobrastan (Jorji Costava)	+2 Gold. Increases range of both Land and Sea Trade Routes by 25%, and causes them to generate 1 more Gold. No maintenance.