Statue And Fountain Called Il Babuino In Rome Italy
by Rick Rosenshein
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Statue And Fountain Called Il Babuino In Rome Italy
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Rick Rosenshein
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Photograph - Photography
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Il Babuino is one of only 4 so called talking statues in Rome, Italy. The Talking Statues got their name from the fact that people made them ‘talk’ by attaching caustic and satirical messages to their pedestal as a form of anonymous protest against the religious and civil authorities of the city. The statues were a kind of informal representatives of the people of Rome at a time when ordinary people were not supposed to express protest or criticism in public. The tradition continues to the present day, with suggestions, witticisms and claims being posted to the statues. The statue is of a life-size Silenus: half man, half goat. Because of his ugliness, the statue was immediately nicknamed “er babuino” (the baboon) by the Romans. The "Baboon Fountain" dates back to 1571.
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