diff -Nurd -Xfreeciv/diff_ignore freeciv/common/city.c freeciv+rapturedelay/common/city.c
--- freeciv/common/city.c	Tue May  7 23:07:52 2002
+++ freeciv+rapturedelay/common/city.c	Sat May 11 07:52:27 2002
@@ -1035,8 +1035,8 @@
 bool city_rapture_grow(struct city *pcity)
 {
   struct government *g = get_gov_pcity(pcity);
-  return (pcity->rapture>0 && pcity->food_surplus>0 &&
-	  government_has_flag(g, G_RAPTURE_CITY_GROWTH));
+  return (pcity->rapture>0 && pcity->rapture%game.rapturedelay==0 &&
+    pcity->food_surplus>0 && government_has_flag(g, G_RAPTURE_CITY_GROWTH));
 }
 
 /**************************************************************************
diff -Nurd -Xfreeciv/diff_ignore freeciv/common/game.c freeciv+rapturedelay/common/game.c
--- freeciv/common/game.c	Tue Apr 30 05:52:54 2002
+++ freeciv+rapturedelay/common/game.c	Sat May 11 07:52:27 2002
@@ -673,6 +673,7 @@
   game.cityfactor  = GAME_DEFAULT_CITYFACTOR;
   game.citymindist = GAME_DEFAULT_CITYMINDIST;
   game.civilwarsize= GAME_DEFAULT_CIVILWARSIZE;
+  game.rapturedelay= GAME_DEFAULT_RAPTUREDELAY;
   game.savepalace  = GAME_DEFAULT_SAVEPALACE;
   game.natural_city_names = GAME_DEFAULT_NATURALCITYNAMES;
   game.unhappysize = GAME_DEFAULT_UNHAPPYSIZE;
diff -Nurd -Xfreeciv/diff_ignore freeciv/common/game.h freeciv+rapturedelay/common/game.h
--- freeciv/common/game.h	Tue Apr 30 05:52:54 2002
+++ freeciv+rapturedelay/common/game.h	Sat May 11 07:52:27 2002
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
   int cityfactor;
   int citymindist;
   int civilwarsize;
+  int rapturedelay;
   int min_players, max_players, nplayers;
   int aifill;
   int notradesize, fulltradesize;
@@ -333,6 +334,10 @@
 #define GAME_DEFAULT_CIVILWARSIZE    10
 #define GAME_MIN_CIVILWARSIZE        6
 #define GAME_MAX_CIVILWARSIZE        1000
+
+#define GAME_DEFAULT_RAPTUREDELAY    1
+#define GAME_MIN_RAPTUREDELAY        1
+#define GAME_MAX_RAPTUREDELAY        99
 
 #define GAME_DEFAULT_SAVEPALACE      TRUE
 
diff -Nurd -Xfreeciv/diff_ignore freeciv/server/savegame.c freeciv+rapturedelay/server/savegame.c
--- freeciv/server/savegame.c	Thu Apr 25 07:09:38 2002
+++ freeciv+rapturedelay/server/savegame.c	Sat May 11 07:52:27 2002
@@ -1745,6 +1745,9 @@
     game.citymindist  = secfile_lookup_int_default(file,
       GAME_DEFAULT_CITYMINDIST, "game.citymindist");
 
+    game.rapturedelay  = secfile_lookup_int_default(file,
+      GAME_DEFAULT_RAPTUREDELAY, "game.rapturedelay");
+
     if (has_capability("watchtower", savefile_options)) {
       game.watchtower_extra_vision =
 	  secfile_lookup_int(file, "game.watchtower_extra_vision");
@@ -2084,6 +2087,7 @@
   secfile_insert_int(file, game.cityfactor, "game.cityfactor");
   secfile_insert_int(file, game.citymindist, "game.citymindist");
   secfile_insert_int(file, game.civilwarsize, "game.civilwarsize");
+  secfile_insert_int(file, game.rapturedelay, "game.rapturedelay");
   secfile_insert_int(file, game.diplcost, "game.diplcost");
   secfile_insert_int(file, game.freecost, "game.freecost");
   secfile_insert_int(file, game.conquercost, "game.conquercost");
diff -Nurd -Xfreeciv/diff_ignore freeciv/server/stdinhand.c freeciv+rapturedelay/server/stdinhand.c
--- freeciv/server/stdinhand.c	Tue May  7 22:36:40 2002
+++ freeciv+rapturedelay/server/stdinhand.c	Sat May 11 09:18:42 2002
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@
 	  GAME_MIN_CITYFACTOR, GAME_MAX_CITYFACTOR, GAME_DEFAULT_CITYFACTOR)
 
   GEN_INT("citymindist", game.citymindist, SSET_RULES, SSET_TO_CLIENT,
-	  N_("Minimum distance between cities (move distance)"),
+	  N_("Minimum move distance between cities"),
 	  N_("When a player founds a new city, it is checked if there is "
 	     "no other city in citymindist distance. For example, if "
 	     "citymindist is 3, there have to be at least two empty "
@@ -472,11 +472,14 @@
 	  GAME_MIN_CITYMINDIST, GAME_MAX_CITYMINDIST,
 	  GAME_DEFAULT_CITYMINDIST)
   
-  GEN_INT("razechance", game.razechance, SSET_RULES, SSET_TO_CLIENT,
-	  N_("Chance for conquered building destruction"),
-	  N_("When a player conquers a city, each City Improvement has this "
-	     "percentage chance to be destroyed."), NULL, 
-	  GAME_MIN_RAZECHANCE, GAME_MAX_RAZECHANCE, GAME_DEFAULT_RAZECHANCE)
+  GEN_INT("rapturedelay", game.rapturedelay, SSET_RULES, SSET_TO_CLIENT,
+	  N_("Number of turns between rapture growth"),
+	  N_("Number of turns between possible growth of a city "
+             "caused by it being in the state of rapture, "
+             "in which \"We love the ... day\" is celebrated. "
+             "Whether the city will actually grow also depends on "
+             "other conditions, such as available food."), NULL, 
+	  GAME_MIN_RAPTUREDELAY, GAME_MAX_RAPTUREDELAY, GAME_DEFAULT_RAPTUREDELAY)
 
   GEN_INT("civstyle", game.civstyle, SSET_RULES, SSET_TO_CLIENT,
 	  N_("Style of Civ rules"),