Common Unity primitive (cube) or square sprite can be the base of square tile.

Tile sides should be only parallel to the corresponding map axis. Orientation doesn’t matter as square (or cube) is symmetric along these axes. I recommend creating empty object as a parent of whole prefab for every tile because some tiles could have more than one object inside. 

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