Editing Basilica di San Lorenzo

{{Era|Landmarks}}{{WP-REAL|Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence}}
{{Landmarks Infobox
|image = ACII DB San Lorenzo.png
|description = One of [[Florence]]'s largest and oldest churches.
|location = [[Santa Maria Novella District]], [[Florence]], [[Italy]]
|dateconstructed = 1419 – 1459
|functions = Church
|features = [[View Points|View Point]]<br>[[Glyphs|Glyph]]
|events = 
|commissioner = [[Filippo Brunelleschi]]}} 
The '''Basilica di San Lorenzo''' (English: ''Saint Lawrence's Basilica'') is a major church located in [[Florence]], [[Italy]] and the burial place of the prominent members of the [[House of Medici|Medici family]], including [[Lorenzo de' Medici]].

==History==
===Construction===
San Lorenzo claims to be the oldest church in Florence, consecrated in 393 while still outside the city walls.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Database: San Lorenzo]]</ref>

[[Michelangelo]] designed the inner facade, while [[Filippo Brunelleschi]], the creator of [[Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore|Santa Maria del Fiore]]'s dome, designed the layout. He died before the church was finished and several of his designs were subsequently modified.<ref name="Database" />

Containing nearly fifty tombs, the Medici crypt was intended to house the Holy Sepulchre containing the body of [[Jesus Christ]] at its centre. However, attempts to buy it and, then, to steal it from [[Jerusalem]] failed.<ref name="Database" />

===Bonfire of the Vanities===
During 1494 [[Girolamo Savonarola]] seized control of Florence; his [[Guard Captain|Captain Guard]] then laid a trap at San Lorenzo. Any dissidents who sought to slay the Captain were forced to fight within its enclosed cloister, facing not just the Guard Captain but large numbers of other [[Agile guards|guards]] and [[archers]]. Many individuals fell victim to the trap, until in 1497, the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] was able to kill the Captain.<ref>''Assassin's Creed II'' – ''[[Bonfire of the Vanities (DLC)|Bonfire of the Vanities]]''</ref>

==Trivia==
*A [[Glyphs|glyph]] can be found on the building.

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Bonfire of the Vanities (DLC)|Bonfire of the Vanities]]''

==References==
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[[Category:Churches]]
[[Category:Landmarks in Florence]]