Mouth of Truth
About the place
- Country : Italy , Rome
- Address : Piazza della Bocca della Verità, 18, 00186 Roma RM, Italy
- Category : Other Places
Mouth of Truth
Bocca della Verità
Overview:
That "old mask", was probably an old manhole cover.
The movie "Roman Vacation" (Italian: Vacanze Romane), directed by "William Wyler", with the participation of unforgettable personalities such as "Audrey Hepburn" and "Gregory Peck", had contributed to the great fame of the statue of the Mouth of Truth in 1953 AD, which is the same year it was inaugurated to enter the world of tourism.
Its fame is linked to the prevailing folklore, which is the belief that this mouth can bite the hand of those who condone telling the truth, and in the Middle Ages the power of the mouth diminished, and a sword was used to carry out this task.
The rows of tourists, who are still keen to take souvenir pictures of it while they put their hands in the mouth of that statue, is considered a testament to the power of the photograph, and for those who are frightened, they may remember that they embellished the facts a few times.
The shape of the mouth of truth:
It has a diameter of 1.80 m, enclosed in the wall of the portico of the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin (in Italian: Santa Maria in Cosmedin).
It looks like the face of a man with a beard, his eyes, nose and mouth pierced to let the water flow.
How to get there:
The nearest tram station Aventino- Albania
The nearest bus station Bocca Della Verita
The nearest metro station is Circo Massimo
Resources:
turismoroma website
alseyaha-fi-italia website
travelerpedia website
