Can City States build wonders???

Vanilla during initial release actually allowed city states to build national wonders, but that was removed by one of the balance patches in the first year. (It had caused the patronage policy giving science bonuses from city state allies to give too much science [from city state building NC])

City states were never able to build world wonders.
 
Do wonders get destroyed upon liberation? If not, it's technically possible to get a city state to possess one.
 
It is technically possible. Wonders aren't destroyed when a city capture is done. But it is very unlikely scenario that the City State you conquered is going to build any wonder.
 
Wonders can be destroyed if someone razes the city that the wonder is in.
 
City-States, like Barbarians, are prevented from building any wonder - both national and world - in the XML:
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Code:
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_HEROIC_EPIC</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_NATIONAL_EPIC</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_IRONWORKS</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_OXFORD_UNIVERSITY</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_HERMITAGE</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_NATIONAL_COLLEGE</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_NATIONAL_TREASURY</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_CIRCUS_MAXIMUS</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_PYRAMID</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_GREAT_LIBRARY</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_STONEHENGE</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_HANGING_GARDEN</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_COLOSSUS</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_GREAT_LIGHTHOUSE</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_ORACLE</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_GREAT_WALL</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_HAGIA_SOPHIA</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_ANGKOR_WAT</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_NOTRE_DAME</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_MACHU_PICHU</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_CHICHEN_ITZA</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_KREMLIN</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_FORBIDDEN_PALACE</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_SISTINE_CHAPEL</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_HIMEJI_CASTLE</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_PORCELAIN_TOWER</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_TAJ_MAHAL</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_BIG_BEN</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_BRANDENBURG_GATE</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_LOUVRE</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_EIFFEL_TOWER</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_STATUE_OF_LIBERTY</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_CRISTO_REDENTOR</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_PENTAGON</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_SYDNEY_OPERA_HOUSE</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_INTELLIGENCE_AGENCY</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_ALHAMBRA</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_CN_TOWER</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_HUBBLE</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_LEANING_TOWER</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_MOSQUE_OF_DJENNE</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_NEUSCHWANSTEIN</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_PETRA</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_TERRACOTTA_ARMY</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_GREAT_FIREWALL</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_UFFIZI</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_GLOBE_THEATER</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_BROADWAY</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_RED_FORT</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_PRORA_RESORT</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_BOROBUDUR</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_PARTHENON</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_INTERNATIONAL_SPACE_STATION</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_TOURIST_CENTER</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_WRITERS_GUILD</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_ARTISTS_GUILD</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_MINOR</CivilizationType>
			<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_MUSICIANS_GUILD</BuildingClassType>
			<BuildingType/>
		</Row>
(Taken from C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization V\Assets\DLC\Expansion2\Gameplay\XML\Civilizations\CIV5Civilizations.xml)
So it's not that CSs don't build wonders, but that they can't.
 
City states can, however, ask you to build a wonder and you can gain CS points with a city state that has a quest for a certain wonder.
 
They can conquer cities with wonders howewer. I don't know if they have the benefits of them (Great Lighthouse for ships, etc)
 
Well if you consider Venice a City State still. I see them as a super city state and are a nuisance when they decide to denounce my civ....
 
Here's a crazy one. I once saw a city state RAZE another city state. The first and only instance of me ever seeing a city state get razed. Why can't we do that? NOT fair!
 
One time an ally city state of mine captured a city right before I could and razed it. I was so pissed I almost went to war with them so that they wouldnt do so. I went ahead and built a settler and resettled the area as it was a prime city location.
 
OT, but related to the side discussion: I remember a game where I was at war with Mongolia and allied with a CS (Hong Kong). There was a tile of uranium, although I can't recall if it had been improved or not. I was racing to capture the associated Mongolian city, but Hong Kong beat me to it. They parked melee ships to block other navies' sea access, and being a fractal map had the city surrounded on its narrow isthmus with land units.

I wasn't too happy that an AI had finally demonstrated some sound tactics in such ironic fashion. I'd thought that I would receive the uranium anyway (due to my alliance with the CS / until or if they razed the associated city). But the uranium resource turned into coal upon capture.

Is (or was) this an expected aspect of the game? I don't remember exactly when this occurred. Certainly preceded BNW; not as certain about the timing related to G&K release.
 
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