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[[File:Mercato vecchio.jpg|thumb|250px|The Mercato Vecchio]] | |||
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The '''Mercato Vecchio''', or '''Republic Square''', was a marketplace in [[Florence]] during the [[Renaissance]]. | The '''Mercato Vecchio''', or '''Republic Square''', was a marketplace in [[Florence]] during the [[Renaissance]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The center of Florentine business, the Mercato Vecchio served all of the shopping needs of the city. To quote | The center of Florentine business, the Mercato Vecchio served all of the shopping needs of the city. To quote [[Antonio Pucci]], a 14th-century Florentine poet: "Physicians dwelt around for every ill, and here were linen cloths, and [[flax]] merchants, pork vendors, and apothecaries."<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Database: Mercato Vecchio]]</ref> | ||
The Mercato was first established in Roman times, as the city of the Forum, and it was only in 1030 that the landmark was first documented as a marketplace. Staple foods from the countryside, like grain, were the most popular goods sold, followed by wool. | The Mercato was first established in [[Rome|Roman]] times, as the city of the [[Roman Forum|Forum]], and it was only in 1030 that the landmark was first documented as a marketplace. Staple foods from the countryside, like grain, were the most popular goods sold, followed by wool.<ref name="Database" /> | ||
The landmark was also displayed in the virtual training map of Florence, which was used by [[Abstergo Industries]] to train the recruits in the [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood|first]] and [[Assassin's Creed: Revelations|second stage]] of the [[Animi Training Program]]. | In May 1519, members of the local chapter of the [[Assassins]] visited the marketplace<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Last Quest of Leonardo da Vinci]]'' – Portfolio 37</ref> as part of their search for the clues to the [[haven]]s [[Leonardo da Vinci]] hid in the city.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Last Quest of Leonardo da Vinci]]''</ref> One of the Assassins' informants tracked down a few fragments of the ''[[Annunciation]]'' painting to a merchant operating in the Mercato,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Last Quest of Leonardo da Vinci]]'' – Card 079</ref> leading the Brotherhood to retrieving two pieces from his locked chest.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Last Quest of Leonardo da Vinci]]'' – Card 076</ref> | ||
The landmark was also displayed in the virtual training map of Florence, which was used by [[Abstergo Industries]] to train the recruits in the [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood|first]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref> and [[Assassin's Creed: Revelations|second stage]] of the [[Animi Training Program]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref> | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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*Mercato Vecchio is Italian for "The Old Market", from ''mercato'', "market" and ''vecchio'', "old". | *Mercato Vecchio is Italian for "The Old Market", from ''mercato'', "market" and ''vecchio'', "old". | ||
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*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' | ||
[[Category: | *''[[Assassin's Creed: The Last Quest of Leonardo da Vinci]]'' | ||
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The Mercato Vecchio, or Republic Square, was a marketplace in Florence during the Renaissance.
History[edit | edit source]
The center of Florentine business, the Mercato Vecchio served all of the shopping needs of the city. To quote Antonio Pucci, a 14th-century Florentine poet: "Physicians dwelt around for every ill, and here were linen cloths, and flax merchants, pork vendors, and apothecaries."[1]
The Mercato was first established in Roman times, as the city of the Forum, and it was only in 1030 that the landmark was first documented as a marketplace. Staple foods from the countryside, like grain, were the most popular goods sold, followed by wool.[1]
In May 1519, members of the local chapter of the Assassins visited the marketplace[2] as part of their search for the clues to the havens Leonardo da Vinci hid in the city.[3] One of the Assassins' informants tracked down a few fragments of the Annunciation painting to a merchant operating in the Mercato,[4] leading the Brotherhood to retrieving two pieces from his locked chest.[5]
The landmark was also displayed in the virtual training map of Florence, which was used by Abstergo Industries to train the recruits in the first[6] and second stage of the Animi Training Program.[7]
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- A glyph could be found on the Mercato.
- Mercato Vecchio is Italian for "The Old Market", from mercato, "market" and vecchio, "old".
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed II (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations
- Assassin's Creed: The Last Quest of Leonardo da Vinci
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed II – Database: Mercato Vecchio
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: The Last Quest of Leonardo da Vinci – Portfolio 37
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: The Last Quest of Leonardo da Vinci
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: The Last Quest of Leonardo da Vinci – Card 079
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: The Last Quest of Leonardo da Vinci – Card 076
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations