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[[File:Palazzo Auditore.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Palazzo Auditore, in Florence.]] | [[File:Palazzo Auditore.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Palazzo Auditore, in Florence.]] | ||
The '''Palazzo Auditore''' was a prominent family home in central Florence during the [[Italian Renaissance]]; the home to the [[House of Auditore|Auditore family]] of bankers and [[assassins]], the building served as the centre of the local market, with the family emblem blazoned across it, and the adjacent streets. | The '''Palazzo Auditore''' was a prominent family home in central Florence during time of the [[Italian Renaissance]]; the home to the [[House of Auditore|Auditore family]] of bankers and [[assassins]], the building served as the centre of the local market, with the family emblem blazoned across it, and the adjacent streets. | ||
In 1476, the building was raided by Florentine city guards, who arrested [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]], [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]] and [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio Auditore]] on trumped-up charges of treason. When [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] returned home | In 1476, the building was raided by Florentine city guards, who arrested [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]], [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]] and [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio Auditore]] on trumped-up charges of treason. When [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] returned home, he found the house ransacked and his mother and sister hiding away. After this event, the remaining Auditore left the Palazzo, moving into the [[Auditore Villa]] in [[Monteriggioni]]. | ||
Years later, during the [[Bonfire of the Vanities]] in 1498, Ezio returned to the Palazzo once again, and was greeted with a ghostly vision of his family before the [[Auditore Execution|execution]]. | Years later, during the [[Bonfire of the Vanities]] in 1498, Ezio returned to the Palazzo once again, and was greeted with a ghostly vision of his family before the [[Auditore Execution|execution]]. | ||
Revision as of 18:24, 6 August 2010
The Palazzo Auditore was a prominent family home in central Florence during time of the Italian Renaissance; the home to the Auditore family of bankers and assassins, the building served as the centre of the local market, with the family emblem blazoned across it, and the adjacent streets.
In 1476, the building was raided by Florentine city guards, who arrested Giovanni, Federico and Petruccio Auditore on trumped-up charges of treason. When Ezio Auditore returned home, he found the house ransacked and his mother and sister hiding away. After this event, the remaining Auditore left the Palazzo, moving into the Auditore Villa in Monteriggioni.
Years later, during the Bonfire of the Vanities in 1498, Ezio returned to the Palazzo once again, and was greeted with a ghostly vision of his family before the execution.
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