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*Like the [[Palazzo Medici]], the Palazzo Ducale is designed to be impenetrable. The only way to gain entrance is during the mission to assassinate [[Carlo Grimaldi]], where you can get in with the [[Flying Machine]] invented by [[Leonardo da Vinci]]. | *Like the [[Palazzo Medici]], the Palazzo Ducale is designed to be impenetrable. The only way to gain entrance is during the mission to assassinate [[Carlo Grimaldi]], where you can get in with the [[Flying Machine]] invented by [[Leonardo da Vinci]]. | ||
*The only way to scale the walls of the Palazzo (Outside of the Flying Machine mission) is to tackle someone from high up who's just under one of the arches. This can be done by throwing money just underneath an arch near one of those small lamp posts. Climb that when people rush underneath, press tackle and Ezio will jump high enough to land on the top of the arch. This can be seen at the start of this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK_lc2dBweY|this video]. | *The only way to scale the walls of the Palazzo (Outside of the Flying Machine mission) is to tackle someone from high up who's just under one of the arches. This can be done by throwing money just underneath an arch near one of those small lamp posts. Climb that when people rush underneath, press tackle and Ezio will jump high enough to land on the top of the arch. This can be seen at the start of this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK_lc2dBweY|this video]. | ||
*Oddly, in Lineage, Giovanni managed to enter the Palazzo untroubled. How he did this is not revealed. | *Oddly, in Lineage, [[Giovanni]] managed to enter the Palazzo untroubled. How he did this is not revealed. | ||
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The Palazzo Ducale, or Doge's Palace, was a large, palace adjoining the Basilica di San Marco, in Venice.
Built to protect the Doge, the ruler, of Venice; the Palazzo Ducale was an imposing structure with high, unscalable walls and a guarded main entrance. The palace not only housed the Doge, but also served as a prison of sorts, as they rarely left the building's walls.
In 1485, a Templar plot to gain the allegiance of the Doge of Venice – Giovanni Mocenigo – had turned to one of assassination, with Carlo Grimaldi chosen to poison him within the Doge's own chambers. The Assassins utilized Leonardo da Vinci's Flying Machine in order to get into the Palazzo, since the Palazzo is impenetrable and impossible for Ezio to climb over the top grille.
Following the death of Giovanni and his successor, Marco Barbarigo, Agostino Barbarigo became Doge, and continue to utilise the Palazzo Ducale as his personal residence.
Trivia
- Like the Palazzo Medici, the Palazzo Ducale is designed to be impenetrable. The only way to gain entrance is during the mission to assassinate Carlo Grimaldi, where you can get in with the Flying Machine invented by Leonardo da Vinci.
- The only way to scale the walls of the Palazzo (Outside of the Flying Machine mission) is to tackle someone from high up who's just under one of the arches. This can be done by throwing money just underneath an arch near one of those small lamp posts. Climb that when people rush underneath, press tackle and Ezio will jump high enough to land on the top of the arch. This can be seen at the start of this video.
- Oddly, in Lineage, Giovanni managed to enter the Palazzo untroubled. How he did this is not revealed.