Secret location

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The '''Secret Locations''' in Italy are levels that must be completed through [[Free Running|free running]] and some puzzle solving. These missions are optional, however, the first one must be completed in order to discover a [[wikipedia:Pazzi#The Conspiracy|Templar conspiracy]] against the [[House of Medici|Medici]].<ref name="ACII">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref><ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

[[File:Ezio secretlocation.png|thumb|right|300px|Ezio about to enter an Assassin's Tomb]]
Each location has several stages, and each one has a different platforming objective, from climbing high towers on the inside, to timed free running trials meant to test a player's abilities. Six secret locations are also [[Assassin's Tombs]] that contain [[seals|Seals]] necessary to unlock [[Altaïr's Armor]], which is the most powerful armor obtainable, and is needed for [[Desmond]] to achieve full synchronization with [[Ezio]]. The first Assassin Tomb (the secret location mentioned in the first paragraph) does not count as a "secret" location, though it does contain one of the six Seals necessary to unlock Altaïr's Armor. In addition, the [[Auditore Family Crypt|last secret location]] in the secret locations tab of the DNA menu is also an Assassin Tomb, but does not hold one of the Seals necessary to unlock Altaïr's Armor.<ref name="ACII"/>

==Renaissance Italy==
===Templar Lairs===
The Templar Lairs (with the exception of the [[Palazzo Medici]]) hide [[Treasure chests|treasure]] that presumably belonged to and funded the activities of the Templar Order. All of these can be accessed through a wooden door, marked with a large red cross.<ref name="ACII"/>
*Palazzo Medici in [[Florence]]<ref name="ACII"/>
*[[Santa Maria Dei Frari]] in [[Venice]]<ref name="ACII"/>
*[[Arsenal Shipyard]] in Venice<ref name="ACII"/> hhhhhhhhhhh
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===Rome===
Secret locations return in [[Rome]], in the form of [[Lairs of Romulus]]. Like ''Assassin's Creed II'', there are six of them, all spread throughout the vast city. Additionally, there are two Templar Lairs are also found in Rome<ref name="ACB"/>

Completing all of the Lairs of the [[Followers of Romulus]] will allow Ezio to obtain two of the treasures they guard, the [[Armor of Brutus]] and the [[Dagger of Brutus]]. Through traversing these locations, Ezio will also obtain some special documents that give background of the cult.<ref name="ACB"/>

==='''Lairs of Romulus'''===
*'''[[Catacombe di Roma]]'''<ref name="ACB"/>
*'''[[Terme di Traiano]]'''<ref name="ACB"/>
*'''[[Colosseum|Il Colosseo]]'''<ref name="ACB"/>
*'''[[Cloaca Maxima]]'''<ref name="ACB"/>
*'''[[Palazzo Laterano]]'''<ref name="ACB"/>
*'''[[Basilica di San Pietro]]'''<ref name="ACB"/>

==='''Templar Lairs'''===
*'''[[Aqueducts]]'''<ref name="ACB"/>
*'''[[Trajan Market]]'''<ref name="ACB"/>

== Trivia ==
*In the tomb hidden at Santa Maria Delle Visitazione, if you activate the lever, stand on the edge of the floor and stare into the water, you'll see a [[Easter Eggs#Giant Octopus|large figure]] move through the water after a minute, swimming past while staring at you with what appears to be a yellow eye. After the lever's time limit runs out, when you re-activate it and stand on the same spot and wait, a giant tentacle will shoot out of the water, though Ezio dodges before it manages to hit him.
*[[Solomon's Temple]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' is considered to be similar to a secret location; or more precisely, a Templar Lair, due to its linear mission and being underground.
*In the tomb in the Basilica di San Marco, the banners clearly show the poison symbol, despite the Seal bearing the snake symbol.

==References==
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[[Category:Assassin's Creed II Locations]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Locations]]

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