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Venice

2011-10-22T15:08:22Z

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{{Era|AC2|Brotherhood|Renaissance|Lineage}}
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{{Location infobox
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|image =Venisegrandcanal.jpg
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|state =[[w:Republic of Venice|Republic of Venice]]
|rulers =[[La Serenissima]]
|factions =*[[Templars]]
*[[Assassins]]
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|founded =Refugees
|date =
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|landmark =*[[Basilica di San Marco]]
*[[Palazzo Ducale]]
*[[Arsenale di Venezia]]
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|targets =*[[Emilio Barbarigo]]
*[[Carlo Grimaldi]]
*[[Marco Barbarigo]]
*[[Silvio Barbarigo Il Rosso]]
*[[Dante Moro]]
|}}
'''Venice''' (Italian: ''Venezia'') is an island city in northern [[Italy]] and once capital of the Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia. Famous for its expansive canal system, Venice was one of the largest and wealthiest settlements in Italy during the [[Renaissance]]. It was made up of five main districts: [[San Polo district|San Polo]], [[San Marco district (Venice)|San Marco]], [[Dorsoduro district|Dorsoduro]], [[Cannaregio district|Cannaregio]] and [[Castello district|Castello]].

==History==
During the 15th Century, Venice was capital of the '''Most Serene Republic of Venice''' and its largest city. Historically founded by refugees from the Hunnic and Germanic invasion of Padua, Aquileia, and Altino, Venice developed to become a major trade and naval power in southern Europe, and by the year 1499 was engaged in sporadic conflict with the Ottoman Empire.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

Even during the 13th Century Venice had a notable [[Assassin]] presence, the area surrounding Venice was home to an Assassin and his son – [[Domenico Auditore|Domenico]]. Both enjoyed the patronage of the famed explorer [[Marco Polo]], an ally of the Assassins.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Auditore Family Crypt">''[[Auditore Family Crypt|Assassin's Creed II: Auditore Family Crypt]]''</ref> Their presence continued on into the 15th Century, occupying positions of command amongst the [[thieves]], [[mercenaries]] and [[courtesans]] of the city.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II"/>

[[File:250px-Palazzo Ducale.jpg|thumb|The Palazzo Ducale]]
By the Renaissance Era, Venice was one of the richest cities in the world. It consisted of five districts. The San Polo district was the center of commerce, containing many markets, and was also the location of the Venetian Thieves' Guild. The San Marco district was the administrative center of the city, containing government buildings such as the [[Palazzo Ducale di Venezia|Palazzo Ducale]], the residence of the Doge. The Dorsoduro district attracted many artists, and was where many festivals in Venice, such as [[Carnevale]], took place. The Castello district was largely centered around the Venetian military, and was where its powerful navy was based and maintained. The Cannaregio district was a run-down area that eventually became Venice's ghetto, the area to which Jews were relegated, forbidden to go elsewhere in the city.

Following the Templar failure to capture [[Florence]] during the [[Pazzi conspiracy]], [[Rodrigo Borgia]] and his allies – the [[House of Barbarigo|Barbarigo family]] – step up their plans to take control of the city of Venice. Influencing powerful members of Venetian government, such as [[Carlo Grimaldi]]. The Templars assassinated the Doge [[Giovanni Mocenigo]] and placed one of their own on the throne; [[Marco Barbarigo]]. By this time however, the Florentine Assassin [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] had arrived in Venice and begun to counter the Templar plot.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II"/>

Following the assassination of Marco Barbarigo and the ascension of his brother [[Agostino Barbarigo|Agostino]], an ally to the [[Assassins]], Ezio Auditore chased down the last remaining Barbarigos [[Silvio Barbarigo|Silvio]], cousin to Agostino, and his man servant [[Dante Moro]] to [[L'Arsenale di Venezia]] and liberated the city's military district. It was here that the Assassin learned that the Templar plot to acquire Venice had merely been a distraction for the Assassins', so that the Templars might safely dispatch their vessel to [[Cyprus]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II"/> Between 1502 and 1503 [[Francesco Vecellio]] and his team of Assassins traveled to Venice to poison the now corrupt and Borgia-influenced Agostino Barbarigo. Before they left he made sure that Agostino's successor was on the Assassins' side.

== Landmarks ==
[[File:180px-Basilica di San Marco.jpg|thumb|The Basilica di San Marco]]
[[File:Santa Maria del Frari.jpg|thumb|The Santa Maria del Frari]]
The following list comprises all the Venetian landmarks of significance:

*[[Cannaregio District]]
**[[San Giobbe]]
**[[Madonna dell'Orto]]
*[[San Polo District]]
**[[Gilda del Ladri di Venezi]] ([[Glyphs|Glyph]] location)
**[[Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari|Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari]]
**[[Bottega di Leonardo a Venezia]]
**[[San Giacomo di Rialto]] ([[Glyphs|Glyph]] location)
**[[Ponte di Rialto]] ([[Glyphs|Glyph]] location)
*[[San Marco District (Venice)|San Marco District]]
**[[Santo Stefano]]
**[[Torre dell'Orologio]] ([[Glyphs|Glyph]] location)
**[[Campanile di San Marco]] ([[Glyphs|Glyph]] location)
**[[Palazzo Ducale di Venezia]]
**[[Basilica di San Marco]] ([[Assassin's Tombs|Assassin's Tomb]] location)
*[[Castello District]]
**[[Scuola Grande di San Marco]] ([[Glyphs|Glyph]] location)
**[[Santi Giovanni e Paolo]]
**[[Arsenale di Venezia]]
**[[San Zaccaria]]
*[[San Pietro di Castello]] ([[Glyphs|Glyph]] location)
*[[Dorsoduro District]]
**[[Santa Maria dei Carmini]]
**[[Squero di San Trovaso]]
**[[Santa Maria della Visitazione]] ([[Assassin's Tombs|Assassin's Tomb]] location)

== Carnevale ==
Annually Venice hosted the famed [[Carnevale]] in the southern part of the city. Traditionally the citizens of Venice would don masks, allowing them to indulge in a variety of entertainments wilder than would normally be socially acceptable. Typically Carnevale was celebrated with fireworks, carnival performers and a series of games, the winner being awarded a Golden Mask that granted entrance to the Doge's personal party.

== Assassination Targets ==
*[[Emilio Barbarigo]]; Corrupt Merchant of Venice (DNA Sequence 7)
*[[Carlo Grimaldi]]; Member of the Council of Ten (DNA Sequence 8)
*[[Marco Barbarigo]]; Doge of Venice (DNA Sequence 9)
*[[Silvio Barbarigo]]; Member of the Supreme Tribunal of Venice (DNA Sequence 10)
*[[Dante Moro]]; Personal Bodyguard of Marco and Silvio Barbarigo (DNA Sequence 10)

==Database Entry==
''Likely established sometime around the late 7th Century, Venice's lagoon-locked location was the result of Byzantine settlers attempting to hide from Lombard invaders. By the Middle Ages, the city had grown into a great naval power. Its strategic position at the top of the Adriatic meant that ships taking goods inland had to go through Venice, filling its coffers with money and commerce.''

''Entering the late Middle Ages, Venice exercised influence over both its neighbouring states and the Church. When the Fourth Crusade rolled around in 1202, the crusaders required transport on Venice's ships, which the Venetian Doge, Enrico Dandolo, agreed on the condition that the crusaders retake the Dalmatian city of Zadar and then capture Constantinople.''

''When Constantinople fell, the city was sacked by the Venetian fleet, which stole, among other things, four bronze horses as ornaments for the Basilica San Marco. Now, that's what I call a faith-based initiative.''

''As Venice's wealth grew, so did its fleet. Through sea battles she gained Byzantine territory, Hungarian territory and destroyed the Genoese fleet. Venice's fortunes were so entwined with the sea that every year the Doge would through a ring into the lagoon while saying in Latin: "We wed thee, sea, in the sign of the true and everlasting Lord". Despite much eye-raising about the godliness of sea-human relations, the Pope sanctioned the marriage.''

''By the end of the 15th Century, Venice was quite possibly the wealthiest city in the world and the second-largest city in Europe after Paris, but the rest of Europe had had enough. France, Spain, Austria and Hungary joined together in the League of Cambrai, partnering with Pope Julius II to crush Venice.''

''But Venice was able to weather the storm, ultimately keeping her territories even after several disastrous defeats. But she would never expand again. Turkey attacked in the 18th Century, and Venice began a long decline which ultimately ended in 1797, when Austria took control of the Republic.''<ref name="Assassin's Creed II"/>

==Trivia==
*Even after the events of the Carnevale, the citizens will continue to celebrate it for the remainder of the game, albeit without fireworks, in the district of Dorsoduro.
*The enemies in Venice are far more skilled than the enemies in [[Florence]], and are better equipped.
*Venice is the only city where you can't use horses.
*On the border of San Polo and San Marco there are two painters who are looking out across the river yet they are painting a portrait of a person.
*The southern-most island of Venice, La Guidecca, which resides on a separate island, is inaccessible to players during the course of the game.
*The heart of the [[San Marco District (Venice)|San Marco District]] takes place as a multiplayer map in ''[[Assassin's Creed Brotherhood]].''

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' {{fb}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Gallery==

<center><gallery captionalign="left">
File:Venice.jpg|Map of Venice
File:Acwikivenice02.jpg|Piazza San Marco, the principal square of Venice
File:Grandcanal conceptart.png|The Grand Canal, concept art during the Venetian Masquerade Carnival
Ac2-environment03.jpg|Inside of the [[Basilica di San Marco]]
Ac2-environment05.jpg|The [[Arsenal Shipyard]] of Venice
File:Saint marks basilica.png|[[Basilica di San Marco]], principally used as the 'chapel' for the Venetian rulers
File:Acwikivenice01.png|Ezio on the Rialto Bridge looking at the Grand Canal
AC2_S_002.jpg|[[Ezio]] performing a leap of faith beside a canal.
File:Sneakattack from haystack.jpg|Ezio silently takes out a guard
assassins-creed-2-concept-art-a.jpg|Concept art of Venice with the Bascilia di San Marco in the background
assassins_creed_2_dive1.jpg|Ezio diving into the water near the Palazzo Ducale
AssassinsCreedIIGame-2010-05-03-16-54-53-551.jpg|Venice viewed from a tower viewpoint
Venice- multiplayer.jpg|Venice as it appears in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.
z_64f32a7f.jpg|Map of Venice in ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' multiplayer.
ACB_MP_S_34_Venice_AllianceMode_SmugglerCo-opAssassination--article_image.jpg|A skirmish in Venice(ACB Multiplayer)
Venice MarketPlace Panoramic.jpg|Panoramic view of the marketplace in Venice.
Venice at night Panoramic.jpg|Panoramic view of the waterways around Venice.
Venice Waterways.jpg|Venice waterways at night.
Venice Carnevale Panoramic.jpg|Panoramic view of Carnevale.
Basilica di San Marco Square Panoramic.jpg|Basilica di San Marco Square Panoramic.
</gallery>

</center>

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[[Category:Italy]]
[[Category:Venice| ]]
[[Category:Cities of Europe]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed II Locations]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed II: Discovery Locations]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Multiplayer Locations]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy Locations]]

Venice

2011-10-22T15:07:50Z

93.39.235.152:

{{Era|AC2|Brotherhood|Renaissance|Lineage}}
{{WP-REAL}}
{{WPlocations}}
{{Location infobox
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|image =Venisegrandcanal.jpg
|imgdesc =
|hidep =
|state =[[w:Republic of Venice|Republic of Venice]]
|rulers =[[La Serenissima]]
|factions =*[[Templars]]
*[[Assassins]]
|hideh =
|founded =Refugees
|date =
|abandoned =
|hidea =
|landmark =*[[Basilica di San Marco]]
*[[Palazzo Ducale]]
*[[Arsenale di Venezia]]
|flags =
|targets =*[[Emilio Barbarigo]]
*[[Carlo Grimaldi]]
*[[Marco Barbarigo]]
*[[Silvio Barbarigo Il Rosso]]
*[[Dante Moro]]
|}}
'''Venice''' (Italian: ''Venezia'') is an island city in northern [[Italy]] and capital of the Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia. Famous for its expansive canal system, Venice was one of the largest and wealthiest settlements in Italy during the [[Renaissance]]. It was made up of five main districts: [[San Polo district|San Polo]], [[San Marco district (Venice)|San Marco]], [[Dorsoduro district|Dorsoduro]], [[Cannaregio district|Cannaregio]] and [[Castello district|Castello]].

==History==
During the 15th Century, Venice was capital of the '''Most Serene Republic of Venice''' and its largest city. Historically founded by refugees from the Hunnic and Germanic invasion of Padua, Aquileia, and Altino, Venice developed to become a major trade and naval power in southern Europe, and by the year 1499 was engaged in sporadic conflict with the Ottoman Empire.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

Even during the 13th Century Venice had a notable [[Assassin]] presence, the area surrounding Venice was home to an Assassin and his son – [[Domenico Auditore|Domenico]]. Both enjoyed the patronage of the famed explorer [[Marco Polo]], an ally of the Assassins.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Auditore Family Crypt">''[[Auditore Family Crypt|Assassin's Creed II: Auditore Family Crypt]]''</ref> Their presence continued on into the 15th Century, occupying positions of command amongst the [[thieves]], [[mercenaries]] and [[courtesans]] of the city.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II"/>

[[File:250px-Palazzo Ducale.jpg|thumb|The Palazzo Ducale]]
By the Renaissance Era, Venice was one of the richest cities in the world. It consisted of five districts. The San Polo district was the center of commerce, containing many markets, and was also the location of the Venetian Thieves' Guild. The San Marco district was the administrative center of the city, containing government buildings such as the [[Palazzo Ducale di Venezia|Palazzo Ducale]], the residence of the Doge. The Dorsoduro district attracted many artists, and was where many festivals in Venice, such as [[Carnevale]], took place. The Castello district was largely centered around the Venetian military, and was where its powerful navy was based and maintained. The Cannaregio district was a run-down area that eventually became Venice's ghetto, the area to which Jews were relegated, forbidden to go elsewhere in the city.

Following the Templar failure to capture [[Florence]] during the [[Pazzi conspiracy]], [[Rodrigo Borgia]] and his allies – the [[House of Barbarigo|Barbarigo family]] – step up their plans to take control of the city of Venice. Influencing powerful members of Venetian government, such as [[Carlo Grimaldi]]. The Templars assassinated the Doge [[Giovanni Mocenigo]] and placed one of their own on the throne; [[Marco Barbarigo]]. By this time however, the Florentine Assassin [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] had arrived in Venice and begun to counter the Templar plot.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II"/>

Following the assassination of Marco Barbarigo and the ascension of his brother [[Agostino Barbarigo|Agostino]], an ally to the [[Assassins]], Ezio Auditore chased down the last remaining Barbarigos [[Silvio Barbarigo|Silvio]], cousin to Agostino, and his man servant [[Dante Moro]] to [[L'Arsenale di Venezia]] and liberated the city's military district. It was here that the Assassin learned that the Templar plot to acquire Venice had merely been a distraction for the Assassins', so that the Templars might safely dispatch their vessel to [[Cyprus]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II"/> Between 1502 and 1503 [[Francesco Vecellio]] and his team of Assassins traveled to Venice to poison the now corrupt and Borgia-influenced Agostino Barbarigo. Before they left he made sure that Agostino's successor was on the Assassins' side.

== Landmarks ==
[[File:180px-Basilica di San Marco.jpg|thumb|The Basilica di San Marco]]
[[File:Santa Maria del Frari.jpg|thumb|The Santa Maria del Frari]]
The following list comprises all the Venetian landmarks of significance:

*[[Cannaregio District]]
**[[San Giobbe]]
**[[Madonna dell'Orto]]
*[[San Polo District]]
**[[Gilda del Ladri di Venezi]] ([[Glyphs|Glyph]] location)
**[[Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari|Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari]]
**[[Bottega di Leonardo a Venezia]]
**[[San Giacomo di Rialto]] ([[Glyphs|Glyph]] location)
**[[Ponte di Rialto]] ([[Glyphs|Glyph]] location)
*[[San Marco District (Venice)|San Marco District]]
**[[Santo Stefano]]
**[[Torre dell'Orologio]] ([[Glyphs|Glyph]] location)
**[[Campanile di San Marco]] ([[Glyphs|Glyph]] location)
**[[Palazzo Ducale di Venezia]]
**[[Basilica di San Marco]] ([[Assassin's Tombs|Assassin's Tomb]] location)
*[[Castello District]]
**[[Scuola Grande di San Marco]] ([[Glyphs|Glyph]] location)
**[[Santi Giovanni e Paolo]]
**[[Arsenale di Venezia]]
**[[San Zaccaria]]
*[[San Pietro di Castello]] ([[Glyphs|Glyph]] location)
*[[Dorsoduro District]]
**[[Santa Maria dei Carmini]]
**[[Squero di San Trovaso]]
**[[Santa Maria della Visitazione]] ([[Assassin's Tombs|Assassin's Tomb]] location)

== Carnevale ==
Annually Venice hosted the famed [[Carnevale]] in the southern part of the city. Traditionally the citizens of Venice would don masks, allowing them to indulge in a variety of entertainments wilder than would normally be socially acceptable. Typically Carnevale was celebrated with fireworks, carnival performers and a series of games, the winner being awarded a Golden Mask that granted entrance to the Doge's personal party.

== Assassination Targets ==
*[[Emilio Barbarigo]]; Corrupt Merchant of Venice (DNA Sequence 7)
*[[Carlo Grimaldi]]; Member of the Council of Ten (DNA Sequence 8)
*[[Marco Barbarigo]]; Doge of Venice (DNA Sequence 9)
*[[Silvio Barbarigo]]; Member of the Supreme Tribunal of Venice (DNA Sequence 10)
*[[Dante Moro]]; Personal Bodyguard of Marco and Silvio Barbarigo (DNA Sequence 10)

==Database Entry==
''Likely established sometime around the late 7th Century, Venice's lagoon-locked location was the result of Byzantine settlers attempting to hide from Lombard invaders. By the Middle Ages, the city had grown into a great naval power. Its strategic position at the top of the Adriatic meant that ships taking goods inland had to go through Venice, filling its coffers with money and commerce.''

''Entering the late Middle Ages, Venice exercised influence over both its neighbouring states and the Church. When the Fourth Crusade rolled around in 1202, the crusaders required transport on Venice's ships, which the Venetian Doge, Enrico Dandolo, agreed on the condition that the crusaders retake the Dalmatian city of Zadar and then capture Constantinople.''

''When Constantinople fell, the city was sacked by the Venetian fleet, which stole, among other things, four bronze horses as ornaments for the Basilica San Marco. Now, that's what I call a faith-based initiative.''

''As Venice's wealth grew, so did its fleet. Through sea battles she gained Byzantine territory, Hungarian territory and destroyed the Genoese fleet. Venice's fortunes were so entwined with the sea that every year the Doge would through a ring into the lagoon while saying in Latin: "We wed thee, sea, in the sign of the true and everlasting Lord". Despite much eye-raising about the godliness of sea-human relations, the Pope sanctioned the marriage.''

''By the end of the 15th Century, Venice was quite possibly the wealthiest city in the world and the second-largest city in Europe after Paris, but the rest of Europe had had enough. France, Spain, Austria and Hungary joined together in the League of Cambrai, partnering with Pope Julius II to crush Venice.''

''But Venice was able to weather the storm, ultimately keeping her territories even after several disastrous defeats. But she would never expand again. Turkey attacked in the 18th Century, and Venice began a long decline which ultimately ended in 1797, when Austria took control of the Republic.''<ref name="Assassin's Creed II"/>

==Trivia==
*Even after the events of the Carnevale, the citizens will continue to celebrate it for the remainder of the game, albeit without fireworks, in the district of Dorsoduro.
*The enemies in Venice are far more skilled than the enemies in [[Florence]], and are better equipped.
*Venice is the only city where you can't use horses.
*On the border of San Polo and San Marco there are two painters who are looking out across the river yet they are painting a portrait of a person.
*The southern-most island of Venice, La Guidecca, which resides on a separate island, is inaccessible to players during the course of the game.
*The heart of the [[San Marco District (Venice)|San Marco District]] takes place as a multiplayer map in ''[[Assassin's Creed Brotherhood]].''

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' {{fb}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Gallery==

<center><gallery captionalign="left">
File:Venice.jpg|Map of Venice
File:Acwikivenice02.jpg|Piazza San Marco, the principal square of Venice
File:Grandcanal conceptart.png|The Grand Canal, concept art during the Venetian Masquerade Carnival
Ac2-environment03.jpg|Inside of the [[Basilica di San Marco]]
Ac2-environment05.jpg|The [[Arsenal Shipyard]] of Venice
File:Saint marks basilica.png|[[Basilica di San Marco]], principally used as the 'chapel' for the Venetian rulers
File:Acwikivenice01.png|Ezio on the Rialto Bridge looking at the Grand Canal
AC2_S_002.jpg|[[Ezio]] performing a leap of faith beside a canal.
File:Sneakattack from haystack.jpg|Ezio silently takes out a guard
assassins-creed-2-concept-art-a.jpg|Concept art of Venice with the Bascilia di San Marco in the background
assassins_creed_2_dive1.jpg|Ezio diving into the water near the Palazzo Ducale
AssassinsCreedIIGame-2010-05-03-16-54-53-551.jpg|Venice viewed from a tower viewpoint
Venice- multiplayer.jpg|Venice as it appears in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.
z_64f32a7f.jpg|Map of Venice in ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' multiplayer.
ACB_MP_S_34_Venice_AllianceMode_SmugglerCo-opAssassination--article_image.jpg|A skirmish in Venice(ACB Multiplayer)
Venice MarketPlace Panoramic.jpg|Panoramic view of the marketplace in Venice.
Venice at night Panoramic.jpg|Panoramic view of the waterways around Venice.
Venice Waterways.jpg|Venice waterways at night.
Venice Carnevale Panoramic.jpg|Panoramic view of Carnevale.
Basilica di San Marco Square Panoramic.jpg|Basilica di San Marco Square Panoramic.
</gallery>

</center>

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[[Category:Italy]]
[[Category:Venice| ]]
[[Category:Cities of Europe]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed II Locations]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed II: Discovery Locations]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Multiplayer Locations]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy Locations]]