Lavra (Civ6)

Lavra
Introduced in Civilization VI
Unique to	Russian
Unique to	Russian
Replaces	Holy Site
Replaces	Holy Site
Unlocked by	Astrology
Cost
Production	27
Production	27
Maint.	1
Maint.	1
Yields
Great Person Points	+2 Great Prophet point per turn. +1 Great Writer point per turn. +1 Great Artist point per turn. +1 Great Musician point per turn.
Adjacency Bonus	+2 Faith from each adjacent natural wonder. +1 Faith from each adjacent Mountain +1 Faith from every 2 adjacent Woods and district tiles.
Citizen Yields (per citizen)	+2 Faith
Appeal	1
Unlocks
Buildings	Shrine  Temple

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The Lavra is a unique District of the Russian civilization in Civilization VI. It replaces the Holy Site.

• Effects:
  • Lower Production cost (27 vs. 54)
  • +2 Great Prophet points per turn (vs. +1).
  • +1 Great Writer, Great Artist and Great Musician point per turn. (Not affected by the Oracle.)
  • Expands the city's borders whenever a Great Person is used in the city.
  • Major bonus (+2 Faith) for each adjacent Natural Wonder.
  • Standard bonus (+1 Faith) for each adjacent Mountain tile.
  • Minor bonus (+½ Faith) for each adjacent District tile and each adjacent unimproved Woods tile.
  • A religion can be founded in a Lavra.
  • Religious units can be purchased in a city with a Lavra, spawning in the Lavra or if that's unavailable in the City Center (stacking limits permitting).
  • Religious units heal in a Lavra and in tiles adjacent to it.
  • Specialists add +2 Faith each.

Buildings

The following buildings can be constructed in a Lavra:

• Shrine
• Temple
• Worship building (requires the appropriate Worship Belief):
  • Cathedral
  • Dar-e Mehr
  • Gurdwara
  • Meeting House
  • Mosque
  • Pagoda
  • Stupa
  • Synagogue
  • Wat

Projects

• Holy Site Prayers: Earns Faith and Great Prophet points equal to 15% of Production used

Strategy

The Lavra provides twice as many Great Prophet points as the Holy Site it replaces, thus ensuring that the Russians will be one of the first civilizations to found a religion even if they don't build Stonehenge. It also provides Great Writer, Great Artist, and Great Musician points and expands its city's borders each time a Great Person is activated there. This gives Russia a good incentive to build Theater Squares and focus on cultural development in its cities, attracting all kinds of artistic geniuses who can expand Russia's borders while edging it ever closer to winning a Culture Victory.

Civilopedia entry

In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, a lavra (such as found at Mount Athos in Greece or Neamț in Romania) is a cloistered monastery of cells for hermits with a central church and/or rectory. Perhaps the most famous is the Alexander Nevsky Lavra (trust the Russians to name a holy place after a warrior) in St. Petersburg where many eminent but dead Russians are buried – besides Nevsky, there's Euler, Suvarov, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Dostoevsky and others. Believed to have its origins in the early 4th century AD, the first lavra seems to have been a settlement of some 600 hermits around Nitria in the Egyptian desert. In the strict Eremitic tradition, these hermit-monks lived a secluded life devoted to prayer, often accompanied by vows of silence, chastity, meditation and/or fasting. Further proof of the lengths to which some of the faithful will resort to be saved.

Gallery

Lavra in game

Lavra up close