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|image = San_lorenzo.jpg
|image = San_lorenzo.jpg
|description = One of [[Florence]]'s largest churches.
|description = One of [[Florence]]'s largest and oldest churches.
|location = [[Santa Maria Novella District]], [[Florence]], [[Italy]]
|location = [[Santa Maria Novella District]], [[Florence]], [[Italy]]
|dateconstructed = 1419 A.D. - 1459 A.D.
|dateconstructed = 1419 C.E. - 1459 C.E.
|functions = Church
|functions = Church
|features = [[View Point]]<br>[[Glyphs|Glyph]]
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The '''Basilica di San Lorenzo''' (English: ''Basilica of Saint Lawrence'') was a major church located in [[Florence]], [[Italy]] and the burial place of the prominent members of the [[House of Medici|Medici family]], including [[Lorenzo de' Medici]].
The '''Basilica di San Lorenzo''' (English: ''Basilica of Saint Lawrence'') was a major church located in [[Florence]], [[Italy]] and the burial place of the prominent members of the [[House of Medici|Medici family]], including [[Lorenzo de' Medici]].


During 1494 [[Girolamo Savonarola]] seized control of Florence; his [[Captain Guard]] then laid a trap at San Lorenzo. Any dissidents who sought to slay the Captain were forced to fight within its enclosed cloister, facing not just the Guard Captain but large numbers of other [[Agile guards|guards]] and [[archers]]. Many individuals fell victim to the trap, until in 1497, the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] was able to kill the Captain.<ref name="dlc">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' - ''[[Bonfire of the Vanities]]''</ref>
==History==
===Construction==
San Lorenzo claims to be the oldest church in Florence, consecrated in 393 while still outside the city walls.


==Database Entry==
Michelangelo designed the inner facade, while Filippo Brunelleschi, the creator of [[Santa Maria del Fiore]]'s dome, designed the layout. He died before the church was finished and several of his designs were subsequently modified.''
''The church in which all the Medici went to die, San Lorenzo claims to be the oldest in Florence. It was consecrated in 393, while still outside the city walls.''


''Michelangelo designed the inner facade, while Filippo Brunelleschi, the creator of [[Santa Maria del Fiore]]'s dome, designed the layout. He died before the church was finished and several of his designs were subsequently modified.''
Containing nearly fifty tombs, the Medici crypt was intended to house the Holy Sepulchre containing the body of Christ at its centre. However, attempts to buy it and, then, to steal it from [[Jerusalem]] failed.


''Containing nearly fifty tombs, the Medici crypt was intended to house the Holy Sepulchre containing the body of Christ at its centre. However, attempts to buy it and, then, to steal it from Jerusalem failed, proving that bankers can buy a lot of things, but not integrity.''<ref name="ac2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>
===Bonfire of the Vanities===
During 1494 [[Girolamo Savonarola]] seized control of Florence; his [[Captain Guard]] then laid a trap at San Lorenzo. Any dissidents who sought to slay the Captain were forced to fight within its enclosed cloister, facing not just the Guard Captain but large numbers of other [[Agile guards|guards]] and [[archers]]. Many individuals fell victim to the trap, until in 1497, the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] was able to kill the Captain.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*One of [[Subject 16]]'s [[Glyphs]] can be found here.<ref name="ac2"/>
*A [[Glyphs|glyph]] can be found on the building.


==References==
==Source==
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*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
 
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Revision as of 01:26, 3 January 2012


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The Basilica di San Lorenzo (English: Basilica of Saint Lawrence) was a major church located in Florence, Italy and the burial place of the prominent members of the Medici family, including Lorenzo de' Medici.

History

=Construction

San Lorenzo claims to be the oldest church in Florence, consecrated in 393 while still outside the city walls.

Michelangelo designed the inner facade, while Filippo Brunelleschi, the creator of Santa Maria del Fiore's dome, designed the layout. He died before the church was finished and several of his designs were subsequently modified.

Containing nearly fifty tombs, the Medici crypt was intended to house the Holy Sepulchre containing the body of Christ at its centre. However, attempts to buy it and, then, to steal it from Jerusalem failed.

Bonfire of the Vanities

During 1494 Girolamo Savonarola seized control of Florence; his Captain Guard then laid a trap at San Lorenzo. Any dissidents who sought to slay the Captain were forced to fight within its enclosed cloister, facing not just the Guard Captain but large numbers of other guards and archers. Many individuals fell victim to the trap, until in 1497, the Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze was able to kill the Captain.

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  • A glyph can be found on the building.

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