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|description = Residence of the Podesta, tallest tower of San Gimignano.
|description = Residence of the Podesta, tallest tower of San Gimignano.
||location = [[San Gimignano]], [[Tuscany]], [[Italy]]
||location = [[San Gimignano]], [[Tuscany]], [[Italy]]
|dateconstructed = 1300 - 1311 A.D.
|dateconstructed = 1300 C.E. - 1311 C.E.
|functions = Tower
|functions = Tower
|features = [[Assassin Tomb]]
|features = [[Assassin Tomb]]
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The '''Torre Grossa''' (English: ''Great Tower'') stood next to the [[Palazzo Comunale]] in the town square of the [[Italy|Italian]] town [[San Gimignano]]. It was the secret location of an [[Assassin Tomb|Assassin's Tomb]].<ref name="ac2"/>
The '''Torre Grossa''' (English: ''Great Tower'') stood next to the [[Palazzo Comunale]] in the town square of [[San Gimignano]]. It was the secret location of an [[Assassin Tomb|Assassin's Tomb]].
 
After the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] reached the Assassin tomb during the [[Renaissance]], he exited the structure through the top of the tower.
 
==Database Entry==
''Rising 54 meters above San Gimignano, the city's largest tower, the Torre Grossa, lives up to its name. Unlike some other towers, it even has a bell inside it. Construction of the Torre Grossa began in 1300 and finished in 1311.''<ref name="ac2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Despite being the tallest structure in San Gimignano, it does not have a [[view point]] located at its peak.<ref name="ac2"/>
*Despite being the tallest structure in San Gimignano, it does not have a [[view point]] located at its peak.


==References==
==Source==
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*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''


==Gallery==
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[[Video:Assassins Creed 2: Torre Grossa's Secret ( Secret Areas)|thumb|300px|left|Hidden Areas]]
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[[Category:Tuscany]]
[[Category:Landmarks]]
[[Category:Landmarks]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed II Secret Locations]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed II Secret Locations]]
[[Category:Assassin Tombs]]
[[Category:Assassin Tombs]]

Revision as of 03:27, 3 January 2012

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The Torre Grossa (English: Great Tower) stood next to the Palazzo Comunale in the town square of San Gimignano. It was the secret location of an Assassin's Tomb.

Trivia

  • Despite being the tallest structure in San Gimignano, it does not have a view point located at its peak.

Source