Secret location

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Ezio about to enter an Assassin's Tomb.

The Secret Locations are memories which must be completed through a combination of free-running and puzzle solving. Many of these locations were scattered throughout Italy and Constantinople, and were explored by the Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze during the Renaissance. In gameplay terms, most of these were optional side missions, with the exception of the Assassin's Tomb inside the Santa Maria Novella, the Lair of Romulus inside the Terme di Traiano, and the four locations traversed in order to collect the Seals of Altaïr.

Renaissance Italy

Assassin Tombs

The Assassin Tombs were seven landmarks around Italy, each containing the tomb of an Assassin, each of whom were said to have protected the freedom of mankind when it was most threatened. Each tomb also contained (with the exception of Domenico Auditore's tomb in the Auditore Crypt) an Assassin seal, which were collectively used to obtain the Armor of Altaïr in the Sanctuary.

• Santa Maria Novella - contained the tomb of Darius
• Il Duomo - contained the tomb of Iltani
• Auditore Family Crypt - contained the tomb of Domenico Auditore
• Torre Grossa - contained the tomb of Wei Yu
• Rocca di Ravaldino - contained the tomb of Qulan Gal
• Basilica di San Marco - contained the tomb of Amunet
• Santa Maria della Visitazione - contained the tomb of Leonius

Templar Lairs

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Ezio in the Arsenal Shipyard, one of the Templar lairs.

The Templar Lairs (with the exception of the Palazzo Medici) hide treasure that presumably belonged to and funded the activities of the Templar Order. All of these can be accessed through a wooden door, marked with a large red cross.

• Palazzo Medici in Florence
• Santa Maria Dei Frari in Venice
• Arsenal Shipyard in Venice

Rome

Secret locations were also found in Rome, in the form of Lairs of Romulus. There were six of them, spread throughout the vast city. Additionally, there were two Templar Lairs able to be found in Rome.

Completing all of the Lairs of the Followers of Romulus would allow Ezio to obtain two of the treasures they guarded, the Armor of Brutus and the Dagger of Brutus. Through traversing these locations, Ezio also obtained some special documents that gave background details on the cult.

Lairs of Romulus

Ezio in a Lair of Romulus.

• Catacombe di Roma
• Terme di Traiano
• Il Colosseo
• Cloaca Maxima
• Palazzo Laterano
• Basilica di San Pietro

Templar Lairs

• Aqueducts
• Trajan Market

Constantinople

In Constantinople, there were many secret locations that could be explored.

Locations of Seals of Altaïr

Ezio in the Yerebatan Cistern.

• The Yerebatan Cistern
• Galata Tower
• The Forum of the Ox
• The Maiden's Tower

Others

• Hagia Sophia
• Vlad the Impaler's Prison

Trivia

• In the tomb hidden in Santa Maria della Visitazione, if Ezio activates the lever and stands on the edge of the floor to stare into the water, he will see a large figure move through the water after a minute, as it swims and stares at him with what appears to be a yellow eye. After the cutscene, the lever will reset, allowing Ezio to activate it again. If Ezio does this and goes to the same spot and waits, a giant tentacle will shoot out of the water, though he will dodge before it manages to hit him.
• Solomon's Temple in Assassin's Creed is considered to be similar to a secret location; or more accurately, a Templar Lair, due to its linear mission and underground setting.
• In the tomb in the Basilica di San Marco, the banners clearly show the poison symbol, despite the Seal bearing the snake symbol.