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[[File:Sanpietro_dicastello.jpg|thumb|San Pietro di Castello]]
|image = Sanpietro_dicastello.jpg
|description = A small Venetian church.
|location = [[Castello District]], [[Venice]], [[Italy]]
|dateconstructed = c. 1120
|functions = Church
|features = [[Glyphs|Glyph]]<br>[[View Points|Viewpoint]]
|events =
|commissioner = }}
The '''Basilica di San Pietro di Castello''' is the church that houses the seat of Bishop of [[Venice]].


The Basilica of '''San Pietro di Castello''' (English: '''Saint Peter of Castello''', after the [[Castello district|district]] where it is located) is the church housing the seat of Bishop of [[Venice]].
==History==
First built in the 7th century, San Pietro di Castello was the seat of the Bishop of Venice. The tower is the first to be cloaked in Istrian stone from the quarries outside Venice, the same white stone that covers the [[Palazzo Ducale di Venezia|Palazzo Ducale]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Database: San Pietro di Castello]]</ref>


==Database Entry==
==Trivia==
First built in the 7th Century, San Pietro di Castello was the seat of the Bishop of Venice.  Notice how far away San Pietro di Castello is from the [[Palazzo Ducale]]?  That distance is not accidental, the Venetian Doges wanted to remain independent from the church.
*A [[Glyphs|glyph]] is located on the building.


Although  San Pietro di Castello itself is nothing remarkable, the tower is the first to be cloaked in Istrian stone from the quarries outside [[Venice]], the same white stone that covers the [[Palazzo Ducale]].<ref name="ac2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>
==Appearances==
 
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
==Trivia==
*The top of the basilica serves as [[View Point]].<ref name="ac2"/>
*One of [[Subject 16]]'s [[Glyphs]] is located here.<ref name="ac2"/>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Assassin's Creed II Locations]]
[[Category:Landmarks]]
[[Category:Churches]]
[[Category:Churches]]
[[Category:Venice]]
[[Category:Landmarks in Venice]]

Latest revision as of 00:14, 11 December 2021

The Basilica di San Pietro di Castello is the church that houses the seat of Bishop of Venice.

History[edit | edit source]

First built in the 7th century, San Pietro di Castello was the seat of the Bishop of Venice. The tower is the first to be cloaked in Istrian stone from the quarries outside Venice, the same white stone that covers the Palazzo Ducale.[1]

Trivia[edit | edit source]

  • A glyph is located on the building.

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Database: San Pietro di Castello
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