The Hacienda is the Emblematic District specific to the Mexicans. It is a constructable District that generates most effective in Cities with multiple Districts producing , especially adjacent Farmers Quarters.
History[]
The term hacienda refers to a large estate dedicated to agricultural production (wine, oil, cereals, henequen, sugar, etc.) or livestock based on an independent farm system. The first haciendas appeared in Mexico at the beginning of the 16th century during Spanish colonization. Common in the territory and designed as veritable fortresses, they reflected the agricultural policy of the colonists. Considered the supreme instrument of Spanish domination, the hacienda system was finally abolished with the Mexican constitution of 1917. At the heart of these estates were large buildings that could house up to 2500 inhabitants. The house of the hacendado (the wealthy estate owner) was surrounded by a number of outbuildings: houses for employees and managers, slave lodgings, barns, stables, wells, schools, workshops, prisons, chapels, and sometimes even churches, all forming a veritable microsociety.
Effects[]
- +1Food
- +3Food per adjacent Farmers Quarter
- +1Food on Tile producing Food
- -10Stability
- +1Farmers Slot on City or Outpost
Special Effects[]
- Acts as a Farmers Quarter for bonuses
- Exploits Food from below and adjacent tiles
Trivia[]
- "Hacienda" means "farm", "ranch", "estate", or "plantation" in Spanish. The term is usually referring to agricultural estates in the colonies of the Spanish Empire.
- The concept of Hacienda is a reference to the huge estates and plantations that once dominated the rural Mexico as well as the agricultural economy of Mexico.
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