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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]].
|description = A small, but important Venetian church.
 
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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.
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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>
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|location    = [[Castello district]], [[Venice]], [[Italy]]
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The '''San Pietro di Castello''' is a church located, as its name suggests, in the [[Castello district]] of [[Venice]]. The church was built the seat of the bishop of Venice and it is located a distance away from the [[Palazzo Ducale]] because the bishop wanted to separate himself from the Doge. In ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' it is a [[Glyphs|glyph]] and [[View Points|view point]] location.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The church is covered with the same white stone which covers the Palazzo Ducale.
*The top of the basilica serves as [[View Point]].<ref name="ac2"/>
*One of [[Subject 16]]'s [[Glyphs]] is located here.<ref name="ac2"/>


==Source==
==References==
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
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Revision as of 12:04, 13 August 2011


San Pietro di Castello

The Basilica of San Pietro di Castello (English: Saint Peter of Castello, after the district where it is located) is the church housing the seat of Bishop of Venice.

Database Entry

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.

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.[1]

Trivia

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Assassin's Creed II
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