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'''Florence''' (''Firenze'' in Italian) will be a [[Locations|location]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''.<br />
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It is the home city of the main character in ''Assassin's Creed II'': [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]]. The game will begin in this city (for the memory world). The city has been first revealed (to journalists) during the [[wikipedia:GamesCom|GamesCom]] 2009 in [[wikipedia:Cologne|Cologne]] (Germany).<br />
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== History ==<br />
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Florence has been an important city of the [[wikipedia:Italian Renaissance|Italian Renaissance]]. The city was ruled by the [[wikipedia:House of Medici|Medicis]] for several years during the 15th Century. Many famous figures of the Renaissance lived in this city like [[Leonardo Da Vinci]] or [[Niccolò Machiavelli]].<br />
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== Landmarks ==<br />
Many of the beautiful landmarks of the city will be in the game like "The Duomo": the [[wikipedia:Santa Maria del Fiore|Santa Maria del Fiore]] cathedral. Players will also be able to see: the [[wikipedia:Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence|Basilica of Santa Croce]], the [[wikipedia:Palazzo Vecchio|Palazzo Vecchio]], the [[wikipedia:Ponte Vecchio|Ponte Vecchio]], the [[wikipedia:Santa Maria Novella|Basilica of Santa Maria Novella]].<br />
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== Assassination Targets ==<br />
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*Uberto Alberti; the Gonfaloniere (DNA Sequence 2: Vengeance)<br />
*Francesco de' Pazzi; Patriarch of the Pazzi Family (DNA Sequence 4: Bloody Sunday)<br />
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[[File:EzioFlorence.png|thumb|left|400px|Ezio viewing the area from a [[View Point]] before doing a [[Leap of Faith]], with the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella in the back.]]<br />
[[File:Firenzelineage.png|thumb|right|400px|A literal bird's eye-view of Florence in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage|Lineage]]''. The environment was recreated by Hybride Technologies and Ubisoft Digital Arts from the assets of the Anvil engine.]]<br />
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