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[[File:Dzielnica_sanpolo.jpg|thumb|Map of the San Polo district.]]
[[File:Dzielnica_sanpolo.jpg|thumb|Map of the San Polo district.]]
The '''San Polo District''' is a district in [[Venice]], where the Venetian Thieves Guild operates, and where the [[Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari]] is located.
The [[San Polo District]] is a district in [[Venice]].  It was within this district that [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] befriended the Venetian Thieves Guild.<ref name="ac2"/>
 
==Landmarks==
==Landmarks==
===Venetian Thieves Guild===
In the late 1400s this district housed:<ref name="ac2"/>
The Thieves Guild is the home of the Venetian thieves, including [[Rosa]] and their Leader, [[Antonio]]. The Thieves Guild recently captured [[Emilio Barbarigo]]'s Palazzo, and subsequently made it their second Guild. One wall of the Guild also has a [[Glyph]].
*The [[Venice Thieves Guild]]
===Palazzo della Seta===
*[[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s [[Bottega di Leonardo a Venezia|Venice workshop]]
This Palazzo used to be the Home of Emilio Barbarigo, the Merchant King of Venice. It is designed in the classic Venetian Gothic style - while appearing quite heavy and solemn, it is actually very light and airy. The Venetian thieves have now gained control of it. After Memory Sequence 7, up to three groups of thieves can be found here, having claimed it as their second home.
*[[Palazzo della Seta]]
===Ponte Rialto===
*[[Rialto Bridge]]
Rialto Bridge, or Ponte Rialto, is one of San Marco's famous Landmarks. It is filled with merchants and has a [[Glyph]] and a [[Feather]] on it.
*[[Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari]]
===Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari===
The Frari is also a Templar Lair, and stands on Campo Dei Frari.


==Assassination Targets==
==Assassination Targets==
*[[Emilio Barbarigo]]
*[[Emilio Barbarigo]]<ref name="ac2"/>
==Involvement in [[Assassin's Creed II|''Assassin's Creed II'']]==
 
After arriving from [[Romagna]] on the ferry, [[Leonardo da Vinci]] and [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]] are welcomed by [[Alvise Da Vilandino|Alvise]], who is quick to give them a tour of San Polo. Ezio, being well known for making 'friends' very quickly, finds a small band of thieves trying to scale Emilio Barbarigo's Palazzo, which only results in one of them, [[Rosa]], being shot in the leg with an arrow. Whilst Leonardo da Vinci makes his workshop in [[Castello District|Castello]], Ezio meets [[Antonio de Magianis]], Leader of the Venetian Thieves Guild, and learns about Emilio Barbarigo. In exchange for assistance in killing Emilio, Ezio begins helping the Guild, learning Rosa's Climb Leap technique, and freeing several captured thieves as he does so. Finally, upon infiltrating the Palazzo along with the thieves, Ezio assassinates Emilio.
[[File:Emiliobarbarigo.png|thumb|right|250px|Emilio Barbarigo, talking to Carlo Grimaldi about Ezio's Presence in Venice]]
 
==Database Entry==
''The district of San Polo is home to the famous [[Rialto Bridge]] and Venice's oldest church, [[San Giacomo di Rialto]], which dates from the 5th Century.  It also contains [[Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari]], one of the largest churches in Venice.''
 
''Merchants flock to San Polo to sell their wares, small wonder the palazzo of Venice's most powerful 15th Century merchant, [[Emilio Barbarigo]] is located here.''<ref name="ac2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>


[[File:Emiliobarbarigo.png|thumb|left|250px|Emilio Barbarigo, talking to Carlo Grimaldi about Ezio's Presence in Venice]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Venice]]
[[Category:Venice]]
[[Category:Districts of Venice]]
[[Category:Districts of Venice]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed II Locations]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed II Locations]]

Revision as of 02:08, 4 September 2011


Map of the San Polo district.

The San Polo District is a district in Venice. It was within this district that Ezio Auditore da Firenze befriended the Venetian Thieves Guild.[1]

Landmarks

In the late 1400s this district housed:[1]

Assassination Targets

File:Emiliobarbarigo.png
Emilio Barbarigo, talking to Carlo Grimaldi about Ezio's Presence in Venice

Database Entry

The district of San Polo is home to the famous Rialto Bridge and Venice's oldest church, San Giacomo di Rialto, which dates from the 5th Century. It also contains Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, one of the largest churches in Venice.

Merchants flock to San Polo to sell their wares, small wonder the palazzo of Venice's most powerful 15th Century merchant, Emilio Barbarigo is located here.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Assassin's Creed II
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