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|description = The administrative centre of Rome.
|description = The administrative centre of Rome.
|location = [[Centro District]], [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
|location = [[Centro District]], [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
|dateconstructed = 13th and 14th centuries A.D.
|dateconstructed = 13th and 14th centuries C.E.
|functions = Government Centre
|functions = Government center of Rome.
|features = [[View points|Viewpoint]]<br>[[Glyphs|Glyph]]
|features = [[View points|Viewpoint]]<br>[[Glyphs|Glyph]]
|appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
|appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
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The '''Palazzo Senatorio''' is a building in [[Rome]]. It was built on top of one of the Seven Hills of Rome during the 13th and 14th centuries.
The '''Palazzo Senatorio''' is a building in [[Rome]]. It was built on top of one of the Seven Hills of Rome during the 13th and 14th centuries.


==Database Entry==
==History==
''Built during the 13th and 14th century as the [[Roman Senate|Senatorial]] seat for administration of justice in Rome, the Palazzo is the dominating structure of the [[Il Campidoglio|Campidoglio]]. Tourists today would see an impressive double-flighted staircase in front, which was designed by [[Michelangelo]].''
Built during the 13th and 14th century as the [[Roman Senate|Senatorial]] seat for administration of justice in Rome, the Palazzo is the dominating structure of the [[Il Campidoglio|Campidoglio]]. Tourists today would see an impressive double-flighted staircase in front, which was designed by [[Michelangelo]].


''Not only intended to induce fear in the climacophobic, these stairs were a part of a commission Michelangelo received to redo several of the buildings on the Campidoglio at the behest of Pope Paul III for the sole purpose of impressing Charles V, then ruler of the Holy Roman Empire. Basically, the [[Renaissance]] political equivalent of a toddler doing headstands for his daddy.''<ref name="brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>
Not only intended to induce fear in the climacophobic, these stairs were a part of a commission Michelangelo received to redo several of the buildings on the Campidoglio at the behest of Pope Paul III for the sole purpose of impressing Charles V, then ruler of the Holy Roman Empire.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The Palazzo includes a [[View Point|view point]] and a [[Rifts|rift]].<ref name="brotherhood"/>
*The Palazzo includes a [[View Point|view point]] and a [[Rifts|rift]].
*The Palazzo is one of the [[Territories]] that can be bought in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''.
*The Palazzo is one of the [[Territories]] that can be bought in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''.


==References==
==Source==
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*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
 
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The Palazzo Senatorio is a building in Rome. It was built on top of one of the Seven Hills of Rome during the 13th and 14th centuries.

History

Built during the 13th and 14th century as the Senatorial seat for administration of justice in Rome, the Palazzo is the dominating structure of the Campidoglio. Tourists today would see an impressive double-flighted staircase in front, which was designed by Michelangelo.

Not only intended to induce fear in the climacophobic, these stairs were a part of a commission Michelangelo received to redo several of the buildings on the Campidoglio at the behest of Pope Paul III for the sole purpose of impressing Charles V, then ruler of the Holy Roman Empire.

Trivia

Source