Passetto di Borgo

The Passetto di Borgo (foreground and lefthand side).

The Passetto di Borgo was an eight-hundred metre long, elevated walkway through the center of Rome, which connected the Capella Sistina with the Castel Sant'Angelo. In late December 1499, the Assassin, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, fought his way along the Passetto di Borgo in order to reach the Grand Master of the Templar Order, Rodrigo Borgia: Pope Alexander VI. After killing Rodrigo on August 18th 1503, his son Cesare used the Passetto to reach the Apple of Eden which Rodrigo had hidden in the courtyard at the Basilica di San Pietro.

Trivia

• In Assassin's Creed II, the Passetto di Borgo is significantly larger, looking much more like a city wall than the raised walkway it is in reality.
• In Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, the Passetto di Borgo is an 'out-of-bounds' area.

Sources

• Assassin's Creed II
• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood