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The tour “The talking statues of Rome: between satire and history” will make you relive the restless and satirical soul that made the Eternal City famous!
Rome has always been a city with a popular soul and irreverent towards power. To testify this restless soul there are the six Talking Statues of Rome, one of the most famous forms of satire in the world! Discover the Pasquinate and the statues that have always given voice to the satire of Rome.
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Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Starts: Roma, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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The tour “The talking statues of Rome: between satire and history” will make you relive the restless and satirical soul that made the Eternal City famous!
Rome has always been a city with a popular soul and irreverent towards power. To testify this restless soul there are the six Talking Statues of Rome, one of the most famous forms of satire in the world! Discover the Pasquinate and the statues that have always given voice to the satire of Rome.
Stop At: Statua Marforio, Piazza del Campidoglio, 00186 Rome Italy
Marforio is a huge statue of the Roman era possibly depicting the god Neptune, the Ocean or the Tiber.
After the statue of Pasquino it is certainly one of the most famous of the so-called six talking statues of Rome.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Piazza di San Marco, 00186 Rome Italy
The statue of the only female representative of the six talking statues of Rome.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Fontana del Facchino, Via Lata, 00186 Rome Italy
The youngest of the talking statues in Rome, like the other 5, the statue of the Aquarolo was also the protagonist of violent and irreverent pasquinades.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Fontana del Babuino, Via del Babuino, 00187 Rome Italy
The statue of the Babuino is the representation of a lying Silenus, and over the years it too has become the protagonist of the Roman pasquinades. Why Babuino? It seems that the people of Rome gave this name to the statue because it was considered not very beautiful.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Statua dell’Abate Luigi, Piazza Vidoni, Rome Italy
The statue of Abbot Louis is a statue of the late Roman period probably representing a magistrate. This statue has been the protagonist of very recent pasquinades, the last one even in 1966.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Piazza di Pasquino Centro Storico, 00186 Rome Italy
At the foot of this statue, sheets containing satire in verse were hung in the night, aimed at making an anonymous mockery of the most important public figures of the time. They were the so-called “pasquinades”, from which emerged the popular discontent towards power and the aversion to corruption and the arrogance of its representatives.
Duration: 15 minutes
