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Forlì is a city in the region of Romagna and capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena. During the late 1400s to 1500, it was home to it's Countess, Caterina Sforza, and also was the setting of it's eponymous battle, the Battle of Forlì.
History
Early development
Forlì was founded by Paleolithic cavemen in 798,000 B.C.E. who were interested in flint manufacturing, paving the way for it's reputation as an industrial center. Forli gets it's name from the Romans(Forum Livii), who built the city in 188 B.C.E. along the Via Aemilia, one of several roads they laid after pacifying the Gauls in the region. After Roman rule, it went from Lombard hands into Church handd. It became an independant republic in 889, infuriating the Vatican, which spent the next 400 years trying to get it back.[1]
Middle Ages And Early Renaissance
Along with Rome's constant machinations, Forlì had to deal with a steady stream of Goth, Byzantine, Lombard and Frank marauders for the next few centuries, along with annual flooding, which was finally brought under control by diverting nearby rivers away from the city's center in 1050. Forlì became a military dictatorship at the end of the 13th Century and then was passed to the Ordelaffi family. In 1480, with the Ordelaffi fighting amongst themselves over the chain of succession, the Pope stepped in and gave the city to his nephew, Girolamo Riario.[1]
In 1481, the Florentine Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenza visited Forli en route to Venice along with his friend Leonardo da Vicni. During the visit Ezio met the Countess of Forli, Caterina Sforza.[2]
Battle of Forli
- Main article: Battle of Forli
In 1488, Caterina hired the Orsi brothers, Checco and Ludovico to assassinate her husband, Girolamo Riario, who at the time had become joined the Templar Order and had been making a map of the locations of the fabled Codex pages at their order. At the same time, Ezio returned to Forlì along with Niccolò Machiavelli intending to make it a haven for the Apple of Eden obtained from Rodrigo Borgia. Here the Assassins agreed the Apple would be hidden in Forlì, but before the Apple could be secured the mercenary Orsi brothers, working on behalf of the House of Borgia, seized not only Forlì but Caterina's two young children, Bianca and Ottaviano as hostages, intending to collect the Codex pages.[3]
Ezio was able to save the Sforza children and kill the Ludovico Orsi easily, but was himself badly wounded while retrieving the Apple by a dagger wielded by Checco Orsi, before managing to dispatch the other Orsi too. Ezio, weakened by his injury, fainted and in the confusion a black robed monk was able to steal the Apple of Eden still clutched in Ezio's hand.[3]
Caterina nursed Ezio back to health at the Palazzo Communale. Ezio learned from Darby O'Callahan and the monks of the Abbazia di San Mercuriale that the thief was Dominican friar by the name Girolamo Savonarola, whom Ezio tracked down and killed in Florence, thus once again obtaining the Apple.[3]
After the events of the battle, Forli fell solely in the hands of Caterina, who fought to prevent the Vatican from re-taking control. Ultimately, however, Caterina was vanquished and Forlì passed into Church hands.[1]
Modern Times
In the early 21st century, Abstergo Industries, the modern day facade of the Templars, used one of the many districts in Forlì as a simulated training ground for their recruits.
Landmarks
Forlì's architecture is characterized by comparatively small buildings, greyish stonework, and flat rooftops and several guard towers.
- Rocca di Ravaldino was the heavily walled and cannoned fortress of Forlì, a citadel of strategic importance to the defense of the city. The Apple of Eden was briefly held here for safekeeping upon its recovery by the Assassins' Order. It serves as a Secret Location.
- Avamposto Veneziano
- Abbazia di San Mercuriale
- Palazzo Comunale
Assassination Targets
- Ludovico Orsi: The captor of Ottaviano Riario (DNA Sequence 12: Battle of Forlì)
- Checco Orsi: Responsible for stealing the Apple (DNA Sequence 12: Battle of Forlì)
Trivia
- Caterina Sforza, who is featured in the game, was Countess of Forlì from 1480 until 1500. Her legendary quotes are featured in the Battle of Forlì DLC. In 1488, her husband, Girolamo Riario, was assassinated in a conspiracy led by the Orsi, a noble family of the city, and she and her children were made prisoners. Since the fortress of Ravaldino refused to surrender, Caterina offered to go to convince the Castellan, Tommaso Feo, to yield. The Orsinis believed the good intentions of Caterina because she left her children as hostages, but once inside the safety of the fortress, she let loose a barrage of threats and promises of vengeance against her former captors. When they threatened to kill her still-captive children, she exposed her genitals from the fortress walls saying: "Ho con me lo stampo per farne degli altri!" (I have the instrument to bear more!). With an action of flashing her skirt to hint.[4]
- Forlì was a very provincial town, but the Fortress of Forlì was one of the most fortified citadels in Italy, one that was protected by numerous, very large cannons.[4] In Assassin's Creed: Renaissance, when the Orsi Brothers attack Forlì, Caterina Sforza is forced to order the cannons to fire at enemy targets inside the town walls. As a result, parts of the city were destroyed.
- It is in Forlì that the player can dye Ezio's robes with the tints "Wetlands Ebony" and "Wetlands Ivory" to achieve the "Perfect Harmony" Trophy/Achievement.
- After completing the Battle of Forlì, the Flying Machine may be used in Forlì at any time.[3] It is located at the lighthouse on the north east of the map.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Assassin's Creed II - Database Entries
- ↑ Assassin's Creed
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Assassin's Creed - Battle of Forlì Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "battle" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wikipedia article on Forlì
Gallery
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Ezio firing his hidden gun in the Rocca di Ravaldino
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Map of Forlì and surrounding areas -
Ezio fighting in the countryside just outside Forlì
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Map of Forlì for Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood multiplayer.
