Streets of Rome - Locked Garden and Temple with Bell
After obtaining the SECOND GARDEN KEY and outrunning the rat pack, as shown in the previous section, return down the stairs and follow the hallway...
...back to the WIDE STREET.
Continue past the side street on the right with the gate leading back to the FOUNTAIN COURTYARD. At the end of the WIDE STREET, turn left...
...into a walled area with 2 key receptacles. Use the GARDEN KEYS here to unlock the gate around the corner (not the one between the keyholes for some reason). Exit this area...
...turn right, then right again, into the GARDEN.
Cutscenes: When Lara uses the GARDEN KEYS, we get a view of the garden interior, including a small building with three gargoyles. When she enters the garden and approaches the gargoyle building, there's a longer cinematic, in which Lara inserts the MERCURY STONE in its proper receptacle. She hears sounds from above, which she assumes correctly to be Pierre and Larson spying on her from the rooftops. She leaves them to it, and after some bickering, Pierre convinces Larson to let Lara do the work of finding the other three stones this gate requires.
After the cutscene, Lara is facing a doorway leading to a room with a small pool, but this is not the exit. Face the building with the gargoyles and stone receptacles. Then follow the passageway in the far right corner, up several ramps, to the open area above.
Cutscene: A panoramic view of a temple with a bell hanging at the top.
In case you missed the subtle hint in the cutscene, the camera shifts to the bell and won't budge until you move Lara out of range or press Look. There are three doors here: one above on the left, one just below the bell, and one at the base of the temple.
You can also pick up another LASER SIGHT (25) (25/239) at the top of the steps under the bell and a convenient box of revolver bullets (26) (26/239) behind the columns to the right of the upper door.
Combine the REVOLVER and LASER SIGHT (assuming you didn't already do so earlier), press Look for laser-sight view, aim at the bell, and fire once.
When you hit it squarely, the bell rings, and door on the left side of the temple opens.
You don't see this, but the wooden gate back in the area where you avoided the rat swarm also opens.
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