Villa Auditore

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The Auditore Family Villa was a stronghold in the city of Monteriggioni to provide aid and refuge for Ezio and his family after the Auditore execution in Florence. Perched atop a beautiful Tuscan valley, the villa and Monteriggioni had become run down and badly in need of repair.

History

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A view of the Auditore Family Villa from a viewpoint from across the city.

Constructed in 1290, the Villa Auditore was an important medieval predecessor to early Renaissance architecture. The Villa’s wonderful symmetry and ordered geometry were a revelation for its time.

Not only concerned with aesthetics, Domenico Auditore (Ezio Auditore’s great-great-grandfather) designed his home to double as a fortress and training ground, looking out both over the city that it protects and the Tuscan plains.

After a Florentine attack in 1320 left the façade damaged, the present façade was erected and a painting gallery was added to the interior.

Domenico was more than just an architect and a warrior: he was also a skilled engineer. Hidden compartments and rooms with mechanisms blocked entry are several unique features of the building that make it a technological marvel as well as an architectural one.

Under the villa, houses the Sanctuary Domenico built containing 7 statues of great assassins in history as well as Altaïr's Armor. In addition, the villa housed the Auditore Family Crypt, a place similar to the six Assassin Tombs Ezio found throughout Italy. The Crypt holds information about Domenico, his history as an Auditore and an Assassin, and the buildings of Monteriggioni.

In 1476, Ezio and his family arrived to the villa after the execution of his father and brothers. Ezio trained with his uncle for two years in preperation to assassinate Vieri de' Pazzi. Claudia and Maria Auditore remained at the villa for the rest of Ezio's journey. Claudia kept records of Monteriggioni's income and Ezio's progress, while Maria prays in her room under constant grief of her husband and sons' deaths until Ezio gathered and stored eagle feathers as keepsakes to help her cope with the lost.

Mario had an office that contains a wall-space where deciphered Codex Pages Giovanni and Ezio collected were placed and pieced together. During 1499, the members of the Assassin Order in Italy met in the office to discuss the iniciative of Rodrigo Borgia's plan from the map shown by the Piece of Eden.

Monteriggioni's populace started out at 33 in 1476, and expanded to 3546 by 1499 with no people residing in the countryside.

Gameplay

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Monteriggioni Map

In the early stages of the game, Ezio is able to renovate both the town of Monteriggioni and the Auditore Villa.

Methods to increase the town and villa's values are listed below:

• Renovate the shops and other buildings through the architect
• Buying armor and weapons
• Purchasing paintings
• Collecting Codex pages
• Obtaining the six assassin's seals
• Collecting feathers
• Unlocking the two models
• Obtaining Altaïr's armor
• Obtaining the portraits of all the conspirators (including conspirators from the Battle of Forli and Bonfire of the Vanities)

When the Villa reaches 100%, it yields an income of 15,200 florins every 20 minutes, with a chest capacity of 60,800 florins . As Ezio invests in Monteriggioni, the Villa's outside appearance improves over time. Boards across windows are taken down, overgrown plants recede, and flags bearing the assassin symbol appear around the roof. While the city's appearance will improve, Monteriggioni's citizens always seem to be poorer (in clothing) than their counterparts from the cities. Also, with each guild renovated, there will be Courtesans, Mercenaries, and Thieves wandering around.

Beneath the Family's mansion was the Auditore Family Crypt. The Crypt is unlocked through Uplay and costs 40 points, and the first Assassin Tomb must have been accessed via the main storyline. There are 2,000 florins to be had at the end of the level, 500 florins more than any other Assassin Tomb.