Castel Sant'Angelo

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|image = Castel_Sant_Angelo..jpg|thumb|316px
|description = [[Rome]]'s most important fortress.
|appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''<br>''[[Assassin's Creed Brotherhood]]''
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|location = [[Vaticano district]], [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
|date = Built between 135 and 139 AD
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The '''Castel Sant'Angelo''', initially known as the '''Mausoleum of Hadrian''', is a significant, cylindrical fortress located on the [[Vaticano district|the Vatican]]. An end point to the [[Passetto di Borgo]], [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] scaled the Castel Sant'Angelo in 1499 during his infiltration of the [[Sistine Chapel]].

==Liberation of Rome==
The Castel is the most heavily guarded building in Rome. In 1501, Ezio Auditore [[Infiltration of the Castel Sant'Angelo|infiltrated the Castel]] to rescue [[Caterina Sforza]], and to assassinate [[Cesare Borgia|Cesare]] and [[Rodrigo Borgia]]. However, though he successfully rescued Caterina, he was unable to kill either [[Templar]] leader, after he discovered that Rodrigo was away from the Castel, and that Cesare had left for Urbino moments after Ezio had arrived.

[[Image: Assassins-creed-brotherhood 1276846795.jpg|thumb|250px|Concept Art of the Castel]]
Later, in 1503, Ezio once again infiltrated the Castel through a side gate with a key he had obtained from [[Lucrezia Borgia|Lucrezia]]'s lover [[Pietro Rossi|Pietro]]. At a window along the wall of the fortress, he witnessed the murder of Rodrigo Borgia at the hands of Cesare. Ezio also found out the location of the [[Sixth Apple|Apple of Eden]], thanks to Lucrezia, after realizing what kind of man her brother was.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRJtLms1dzE</ref>

==Rift==
One of [[Subject 16]]'s coordinates is located here. Jump across the beams in the water (the same way you go in the mission to rescue Caterina). Once you reach the first group of guards, climb up the ladder and then up the wall to your right (again the same route from the mission). Head left on the walkway towards the hay. Jump to the tower directly across from you, there should be a round window. Use [[eagle vision]] and the [[Rifts|rift]] should be just below you. Drop down, catch it, and enter.

==Trophy==
The [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood achievements|achievement]]/trophy "Fly Like An Eagle" can be earned when Ezio jumps off the pinnacle height of the Castel (the top of the flagpole) with a [[Parachutes|parachute]].

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|[[File:Flylike.png]]
!Fly Like an Eagle
|Jump with the [[Parachutes|parachute]] off the top of [[Castel Sant' Angelo]].
|10[[File:G.png|link=]]
|Bronze.
|}

==Trivia==
[[File:Zw-ACBH-DLC-7-2.jpg|thumb|250px]]
*Throughout Sequence 5, the large door near the four papal guards and the fence accessing the lower courtyard are closed, so completion of the "Fly Like An Eagle" achievement is not possible until further game progression.
*Despite being the highest reachable climb point of any ''Assassin's Creed'' game, the flagpole atop the Castel is not a view point.

==Sources==
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''

== References ==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Rome]]
[[Category:Landmarks]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Locations]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed II Locations]]
[[Category:Castles]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Ascendance Locations]]

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