Santa Maria in Aracoeli
Political information
Description	An important Roman basilica
Location	Centro District, Rome, Italy
Architectural information
Date constructed	13th century CE
Function(s)	Church
Additional information
Appearance	Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

The Basilica di Santa Maria in Aracoeli, also known as the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Altar of Heaven, was the church of the city council of Rome, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

HistoryEdit

ConstructionEdit

The church was constructed during the 13th century, where it was supposedly built on top of the Temple of Juno.

RenaissanceEdit

The Temple was also home to a Lair of Romulus, which the Assassin Ezio Auditore discovered during his tenure in Rome during the Renaissance.

Later, sometime after the liberation of Rome from Borgia oppression, Ezio traveled to the church and made his way through it into the vault below.

Search for the AppleEdit

In 2012, Desmond Miles gained access to the basilica after entering through the underground passageway and hidden entrances from the Colosseum. There, he solved a puzzle, pulling a lever which raised a strange device, that later opened a secret entrance to the vault beneath the church.

TriviaEdit

• According to legend, Emperor Augustus was foretold of the arrival of Jesus Christ in the Temple of Juno atop the Capitol, and commissioned a "heavenly altar" (ara coeli) to be built inside. The Christian church was then said to be built directly upon this eponymous altar.
• While playing as Ezio, the church could be viewed from the outside only, but when inside the church during modern times, as Desmond, the interior was a lot bigger than it appeared on the outside.

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ReferenceEdit

• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood