Villa Auditore

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The Auditore Family Villa was a stronghold in the city of Monteriggioni. It was built by Domenico Auditore, and later used 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.

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 that 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.

In 1499, Cesare Borgia ran a siege that utterly destroyed the Villa and Monteriggioni.

Rooms

The Villa Auditore has nine rooms accessible to Ezio.

• The Main Foyer
• The Weapon Section of the Armory
• The Armor Section of Armory
• The Planning Room
• Mario's Study
• Maria's Room
• The Painting Gallery
• Ezio's Room and Study
• The Sanctuary

Apart from these rooms is closed door that probably leads to Mario's room.

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. 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.