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During the [[Bonfire of the Vanities]], [[Girolamo Savonarola]] took up residence in the Palazzo after taking over Florence in 1494, and made it his primary residence. | During the [[Bonfire of the Vanities]], [[Girolamo Savonarola]] took up residence in the Palazzo after taking over Florence in 1494, and made it his primary residence. | ||
In 1498 however, after Ezio Auditore severely thwarted the control exerted | In 1498 however, after Ezio Auditore had severely thwarted the control Savonarola exerted on the populacy, the people of Florence gathered in an angry mob in front of the Palazzo. | ||
After trying to reason with the people, Savonarola eventually attempted to use his [[Ezio's Apple of Eden|Apple of Eden]] to calm the mob, though Ezio threw a [[Throwing knives|small knife]] at his hand, causing him to drop the Apple. | After trying to reason with the people, Savonarola eventually attempted to use his [[Ezio's Apple of Eden|Apple of Eden]] to calm the mob, though Ezio threw a [[Throwing knives|small knife]] at his hand, causing him to drop the Apple. | ||
Revision as of 23:46, 5 August 2014
The Palazzo Pitti is a building located in the Oltrarno District of Florence.
History
Sometime between 1481 and 1488, Girolamo Riario sent some of his men to ransack the Palazzo Pitti. These men killed some of the palace's residents and stole a valuable map, before returning to Girolamo in Forlì.
Soon after, Lorenzo de' Medici contacted the Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze via pigeon coop while he was in Forlì, explaining to him what had had happened. With this knowledge, Ezio hunted down and killed Girolamo's men.
During the Bonfire of the Vanities, Girolamo Savonarola took up residence in the Palazzo after taking over Florence in 1494, and made it his primary residence.
In 1498 however, after Ezio Auditore had severely thwarted the control Savonarola exerted on the populacy, the people of Florence gathered in an angry mob in front of the Palazzo.
After trying to reason with the people, Savonarola eventually attempted to use his Apple of Eden to calm the mob, though Ezio threw a small knife at his hand, causing him to drop the Apple.
Powerless, Savonarola was finally captured by the Florentines and carried to the Palazzo della Signoria to be burned at the stake.
Trivia
- Historically, Girolamo Savonarola lived in the Chiesa di San Marco (Church of San Marco) after he took over Florence. The Palazzo Pitti would still have been in the possession of the Pitti family at the time.