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[[File:Avamposto_veneziano.jpg|thumb|The Avamposto Veneziano.]]The '''Avamposto Veneziano '''(Venetian Outpost)was a port located in [[Romagna]] | [[File:Avamposto_veneziano.jpg|thumb|The Avamposto Veneziano.]]The '''Avamposto Veneziano '''([[Venice|Venetian]] Outpost) was a port located in [[Romagna]] that is featured in ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''. The complex comprises of a lighthouse, a dock and a large, square building. There is also a [[glyph]] located on the lighthouse building. | ||
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Venetian naval strategy involved maintaining a stead chain of bases along their trade routes to the East, ensuring that its merchants were able to get there and back without being attacked by pirates or | Venetian naval strategy involved maintaining a stead chain of bases along their trade routes to the East, ensuring that its merchants were able to get there and back without being attacked by pirates or Venice's enemies, the Turks. | ||
By the end of the 15<sup>th</sup> Century, Venice's fleet was occupied trying to force Charles VIII of [[wikipedia:France|France]] out of [[Italy]], at which point, Turkish forces struck without warning. Venice was soundly defeated, losing its Greek outposts. Following that, the Turks managed to invade Venetian territory in Northern Italy. Although Venice was able to keep most of its territory from that point forward, it would never again be a great naval power. | By the end of the 15<sup>th</sup> Century, Venice's fleet was occupied trying to force Charles VIII of [[wikipedia:France|France]] out of [[Italy]], at which point, Turkish forces struck without warning. Venice was soundly defeated, losing its Greek outposts. Following that, the Turks managed to invade Venetian territory in Northern Italy. Although Venice was able to keep most of its territory from that point forward, it would never again be a great naval power. | ||
Revision as of 12:52, 1 November 2010
The Avamposto Veneziano (Venetian Outpost) was a port located in Romagna that is featured in Assassin's Creed II. The complex comprises of a lighthouse, a dock and a large, square building. There is also a glyph located on the lighthouse building.
Database entry
Venetian naval strategy involved maintaining a stead chain of bases along their trade routes to the East, ensuring that its merchants were able to get there and back without being attacked by pirates or Venice's enemies, the Turks.
By the end of the 15th Century, Venice's fleet was occupied trying to force Charles VIII of France out of Italy, at which point, Turkish forces struck without warning. Venice was soundly defeated, losing its Greek outposts. Following that, the Turks managed to invade Venetian territory in Northern Italy. Although Venice was able to keep most of its territory from that point forward, it would never again be a great naval power.