Hagia Sophia

2014-10-31T08:12:51Z

112.209.73.64: Facts about Hagia Sophia

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[[File:Hagia Sophia 001.jpg‎|thumb|250px|Hagia Sophia]]
GcThe The '''Hagia Sophia''', otherwise known as the '''Sancta Sophia''' or the '''Church of Holy Wisdom''', was a former Eastern-Orthodox {{Wiki|Christianity|Christian}} basilica located in the [[Imperial District]] of [[Constantinople]]. Following the fall of the city in 1453 to Ottoman hands, it was converted into an {{Wiki|Islam|Islamic}} mosque by [[Mehmet II]], where it was also used as a library.

==History==
Designed by the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] [[Greece|Greek]] scientists Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles, Hagia Sophia was completed by the order of the Roman Emperor {{Wiki|Justinian}} at the year 537, where it served as the imperial, patriarchal cathedral. This continued until 1453, where after the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman forces of Sultan Mehmet II, it was converted into an imperial mosque shortly after.

Half a century later, in the year 1510, the [[Janissaries|Janissary]] [[Murat Bin Husn]] concealed the [[armor of Ishak Pasha]] inside the Hagia Sophia.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Discover Your Legacy|Assassin's Creed: Discover Your Legacy]]''</ref> The following year, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] recovered [[Ishak Pasha]]'s scattered memoirs and entered the mosque, where within minutes, he had climbed to the ceiling of the dome and activated an entrance to the armor's storage room, before taking the set back to the [[Galata headquarters]].

While locating the second [[Masyaf Keys|Masyaf Key]], Ezio climbed one of the Hagia Sophia's minarets, where he used his [[Eagle Vision#Eagle Sense|Eagle Sense]] to locate a book on one of the landmark's rooftops.

Also in 1511, [[Sofia Sartor]] requested some white tulips from Ezio, and, after he tracked a florist to the Hagia Sophia, he learned that he could find some of the flowers in the courtyard. Following this, he also discovered that Sofia had prepared a picnic in the shadow of the great mosque, before he handed the bouquet he had picked with his [[Hidden Blade]] over to her.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>

==Trivia==
*The [[assassin's Creed: Revelations achievements|achievement]] "'''Spider Assassin'''" could be earned by climbing the Hagia Sophia from its base to the pinnacle in under 25 seconds.
*One of [[Ishak Pasha]]'s memoir pages was located on the pinnacle of the landmark.
*The Hagia Sophia was a purchasable landmark in Constantinople, for the price of 60,400 Akçe.
*In reality, Hagia Sophia only had two minarets in 1511. [[Darby McDevitt]] explained that the landmark's representation having four minarets "was the iconic image of the Hagia Sofia" and had to be in the game.<ref>[http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/assassins-creed-revelations-is-historically-impressive?pageCount=0 The National - ''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' is historically impressive]</ref>
*The interior of the Hagia Sophia appeared much larger than the entire structure itself when standing outside the building.
* The name "Hagia Sophia" actually came from its byzantine full name: Church of Holy Wisdom; When "Holy Wisdom" is translated in Greek, it becomes "Hagia Sophia".

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
Acrhagiasophia.png|Concept art of the Hagia Sophia
800px-Hagia_Sophia.png|Comparison of the real landmark and its representation in ''Revelations''
ACR Hagia Sophia closeup.png|Close up of Hagia Sophia
ACR_Hagia_Sophia_Interior.png|Interior of the Hagia Sophia
</gallery>

==References==
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[[Category:Churches]]
[[Category:Mosques]]
[[Category:Landmarks in Constantinople]]
[[Category:Assassin Tombs]]

Colosseum

2014-10-30T06:03:04Z

112.209.73.64: Desmond encounters Juno who forces him into stabbing Lucy

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{{Landmarks Infobox
|image = Colosseo Overlook.png
|description = Rome's most famous landmark.
|location = [[Antico District]], [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
|dateconstructed = 72 CE – 80 CE
|functions = Amphitheatre
|features = [[Viewpoints|View Point]]<br>[[Lairs of Romulus|Lair of Romulus]]
|commissioner = Emperor Vespasian}}
The '''Colosseum''', known also as the '''Anfiteatro Flavio''', is one of the most famous landmarks of [[Rome]]. It contained one of the [[Lairs of Romulus]], and was one of the locations on which [[Clay Kaczmarek]] inscribed a [[Rifts|Rift]].

Construction of the Colosseum began in [[72]] CE, and finished in 80 CE. During the [[House of Borgia|Borgia family]]'s rule over Rome, the Colosseum had become dilapidated.

==History==
===Lair of Romulus===
In the early 16th century, the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] ventured to the lower levels of the Colosseum to uncover the conspiracy surrounding the [[Followers of Romulus]] and to continue his search for the shrines to Romulus.

Upon arriving, Ezio made his way through a decrepit corridor, and then encountered an individual sitting on a chair. As he reached out to him, the man flung his chair across the room and revealed himself to be a Follower of Romulus, swiping his dagger at Ezio. Just then, a voice bellowed from a raised platform further down the corridor, and a leader dressed in a jubilee costume ordered a group of followers to kill Ezio.

[[File:Thrown to the Wolves 1.png|thumb|left|250px|The Colosseum's lower levels]]
Defeating the attackers, Ezio confronted the individual who had ordered his death. The man denied Ezio's demand for answers, and fled through a section of the Colosseum, eventually arriving at a crowded Jubilee. Upon discovering the leader hidden amongst the crowd, Ezio chased him to another large corridor.

Jumping on a [[Horses|horse]], the leader made another attempt at escape but was soon followed by Ezio, who commandeered a horse of his own. After a short chase sequence, the pair eventually arrived at another room filled with Followers of Romulus. Ezio defeated his attackers and assassinated the leader. Performing a [[Leap of Faith]], Ezio arrived at [[Juno]]'s [[Colosseum Vault|Temple]] and entered the shrine to Romulus, claiming a [[Scrolls of Romulus|Scroll of Romulus]] and one of the keys to the [[Armor of Brutus]]. He then left the temple and returned to Rome.

===Passion play===
[[File:Intervention 2.png|thumb|250px|The Colosseum's 1503 passion play]]
By 1503, the Colosseum was used as a place where a play detailing [[Jesus Christ]]'s crucifixion was held, with crosses displayed for the use of actors. [[Cesare Borgia]]'s personal assassin [[Micheletto Corella]] attended the play disguised as one of the actors, in an attempt to kill the latest lover of Cesare's [[Lucrezia Borgia|sister]], [[Pietro Rossi]], on orders by Cesare himself. However, the plan was foiled when Ezio Auditore also disguised himself and his Assassin [[apprentices]] as actors, to which they caused a riot in the arena. Once Micheletto was defeated and Pietro saved, a group of [[mercenaries]] sent by fellow Assassin [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] appeared to help Ezio to escape.

Some time after, in an attempt to regain power over Rome after [[Rodrigo Borgia|his father]]'s death, Cesare Borgia called a meeting of [[cardinals]] inside the Colosseum. However, on their arrival, the cardinals informed him that they had elected [[Julius II|Guiliano della Rovere]] to the [[Papacy]]. The meeting was then cut short when Ezio Auditore used his [[Ezio's Apple of Eden|Apple of Eden]] to further weaken Cesare's support.

A year before Cesare Borgia's death in [[Viana]], in 1506, Ezio hid the Apple of Eden in a Vault underneath the Colosseum.

===Modern times===
[[File:Retrieval 2.png|thumb|left|250px|Desmond Miles and his allies at the Colosseum]]
In 2012, the modern-day Assassins discovered that Ezio's [[Pieces of Eden|Piece of Eden]] was located somewhere near the Colosseum. After finding the password to open the vault below the ancient structure, Desmond and his allies hurried to the site.

When the Assassins arrived, they realized that a reconstruction project had begun on the Colosseum, indicated by the number of cranes and additional structures within it. The area under the Colosseum, an underground location that previously housed gladiators and transported them up to the arena, had also been excavated. To gain access to the vault, Desmond [[Freerunning|traversed]] a maze of scaffolding, broken stone, and construction equipment.

Once Desmond arrived, he then encountered holographic apparitions of Juno, a person from the First Civilization. Juno then controlled Desmond using an Apple of Eden, forcing Desmond to stab fellow assassin Lucy Stillman, secretly a templar. This drives Desmond into a coma, ending the events of ''Brotherhood.''

==Trivia==
*The Colosseum is elliptical (oval-shaped) in reality, but it was made circular for ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', since devising shadows for different sides of the buildings would have "[http://www.livescience.com/culture/assassins-creed-virtual-rome-renaissance-scholar-101112.html driven game designers nuts]".
*The Colosseum was one of the landmarks that Ezio could purchase after destroying the nearby [[Borgia Towers|Borgia Tower]], being the most expensive one in ''Brotherhood''.
*There were many [[Civilians|citizens]] on the upper levels of the Colosseum, although it is unknown as to how they managed to get up there. If any of the citizens were interrupted by Ezio, they would begin to freerun down to the lower levels.
*The Colosseum could be seen from [[Castel Sant'Angelo]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', though it couldn't be visited.
*During Desmond's visit to the landmark, the Colosseum appeared much larger than it did in Ezio's time. This is due to the fact that, in modern times, most, if not all, of the Colosseum's underground portions are unearthed.
*When Desmond entered the Colosseum, he saw visions of Ezio's visit to the Lair of Romulus, fighting the Followers and chasing the leader on horseback.
*The Colosseum was one of the [[territories]] that could be purchased in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Concept Art 003.jpg|Artwork of the Colosseum
Roma Colosseo Artwork.jpg|Early concept art of the Colosseum
Colosseum2.jpg|Artwork of the Colosseum's interior
Colosseo Interior.png|The interior of the Colosseum
A Seed 4.png|Ezio leaving the Colosseum after hiding the Apple of Eden
Retrieval 1.png|The reconstruction of the Colosseum
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==Reference==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
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[[Category:Lairs of Romulus]]

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