Ray and Shirley's Photo Library

Sites in Rome. September 09 to 14, 2009.

Outside of Santa Maria in Cosmedin is 'Bocca della Verita' (the Mouth of Truth) is an ancient sewer cover (origin uncertain but possible to the 1st century) which purportedly bites off the hand of liars.

Image Reference: rome224


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