In 2012, it was used as a simulated location by Abstergo Industries' entertainment branch, in order to influence the general public, as part of the console stage of the Animus technology. The simulation depicted part of the actual harbor and its surrounding area, consisting of busy streets and high rooftops, interspersed with an occasional clearing. The harbor itself was filled with various good and wares, neatly stacked on top of one another, as well as market stalls. Some stalls had also been set up farther into the residential area, near one of the town's churches.