Every city looks like Washington DC to me...

[MistyRonin]

Most cities will have an obelisk somewhere. I'm in the channel islands and we've got one that sits right outside my office.

Pretty much that ^. Monumental obelisks are a World Wide trend, you can find them in many cities from every continent (from Stockholm in Sweden to Singapore).

Just check this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obelisk#Modern_obelisks

 

[ExemplarVoss]

the stupid monument. It should be made different for the various civs. Really.

Oh. Yeah, no. The cities look nothing like Washington, regardless of the monument (which is just a giant scale and plain version of something that has been around for millenia). Washington is notable for its peculiar forced street pattern (thanks, Masons), dotted with bad copies of classical facades.

 

[BenZL43]

I'm positive it's moddable.
At the very least, you can make it a "unique building that replaces monument" for all civilization, with effects exactly the same as a monument.
Maybe whoever intends to, can start preparing the graphic from now

 

[stealth_nsk]

I'm positive it's moddable.
At the very least, you can make it a "unique building that replaces monument" for all civilization, with effects exactly the same as a monument.
Maybe whoever intends to, can start preparing the graphic from now

This would be incompatible with other mods affecting monuments. But since there are already ethnic variations for some buildings (i.e. palace), this should be available for other buildings too.

 

[UncivilizedGuy]

Most cities will have an obelisk somewhere. I'm in the channel islands and we've got one that sits right outside my office.

That said, I'm not sure how this looks like Washington DC....

Come on, everyone knows Washington DC looks like Chinatown

 

[God of Kings]

Oh. Yeah, no. The cities look nothing like Washington, regardless of the monument (which is just a giant scale and plain version of something that has been around for millenia). Washington is notable for its peculiar forced street pattern (thanks, Masons), dotted with bad copies of classical facades.

Pierre L'Enfant was the one who designed Washington's street plan.

 

[ehecatzin]

Oh, you mean for a Religious Building? Unfortunately, what would they call it? The names "shrine" and "temple" are already used. Chamber? Altar? Dunno.

Thats actually pretty simple: Teocalli.

 

[Atlas627]

Thats actually pretty simple: Teocalli.

I guess if they can have Wats and the Angkor Wat, they can have Teocalli and Huey Teocalli. Fair enough.

 

[God of Kings]

I guess if they can have Wats and the Angkor Wat, they can have Teocalli and Huey Teocalli. Fair enough.

There's also the Library and the Great Library, the Lighthouse and the Great Lighthouse, the University and the Oxford University, etc.

 

[Atlas627]

There's also the Library and the Great Library, the Lighthouse and the Great Lighthouse, the University and the Oxford University, etc.

The difference is those are all English words. As someone who speaks English, its is very easy to remember the difference between the Library and the Great Library, because they both have meaning to me that allows me to dissociate them.

Of course, I don't have trouble with Wat vs Angkor Wat either. But some people might.