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|image = Castel dell'Ovo.png | |image = Castel dell'Ovo.png | ||
|description = An important fortification located in | |description = An important fortification located in Naples. | ||
||location = Naples, [[Italy]] | ||location = [[Naples]], [[Italy]] | ||
|dateconstructed = 12th century CE | |dateconstructed = 12th century CE | ||
|functions = Castle | |functions = Castle | ||
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'''Castel dell'Ovo''', also known as '''Egg Castle''', is a castle and an important landmark located on an islet in the Bay of [[Naples]]. | '''Castel dell'Ovo''', also known as '''Egg Castle''', is a castle and an important landmark located on an islet in the Bay of [[Naples]], [[Italy]]. | ||
Its name comes from a legend about the [[Rome|Roman]] poet [[Virgil]], who, in the Middle Ages, was regarded as a powerful sorcerer and was said to have placed an egg in the castle's [[Forts|fortifications]] to make them stronger.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Database: Castel Dell'Ovo]]</ref> | Its name comes from a legend about the [[Rome|Roman]] poet [[Virgil]], who, in the Middle Ages, was regarded as a powerful sorcerer and was said to have placed an egg in the castle's [[Forts|fortifications]] to make them stronger.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Database: Castel Dell'Ovo]]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 18:07, 7 April 2021
Castel dell'Ovo, also known as Egg Castle, is a castle and an important landmark located on an islet in the Bay of Naples, Italy.
Its name comes from a legend about the Roman poet Virgil, who, in the Middle Ages, was regarded as a powerful sorcerer and was said to have placed an egg in the castle's fortifications to make them stronger.[1]
The original edifice was a fortified villa where the last Roman Emperor, Romulus Augustus, was exiled in 476.[1]
History
In the Renaissance, a drydock was located nearby which housed Cesare Borgia's naval cannon, but in 1502, the Assassin Ezio Auditore destroyed the only prototype of the vehicle.[2]
Appearances
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Database: Castel Dell'Ovo
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
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