“Il Babuino” (“The Baboon”) is one of Rome’s six famous “talking statues,” collectively also known as the “Congregation of Wits.”
Beginning in the 16th century, the people of Rome would leave criticisms and witticisms at these statues. The unfriendly remarks were often geared toward the Pope and government authorities.
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| Name | Since | Distance | |||
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| Fontana dell’Acqua Felice | 2020 | 1.3km | site_ao | ||
| Mausoleum of Augustus | 2020 | 0.3km | site_ao | ||
| Il Tempio di Adriano (Temple of Hadrian) | 2020 | 0.9km | site_ao | ||
| Vicus Caprarius | 2020 | 0.9km | site_ao | ||
| Piè di Marmo (Marble Foot) | 2020 | 1.1km | site_ao | ||
| Rome, Campanile walk 1 en | 0.6km | site_izi | |||
| In Rome, do as the Romans do! en fr it ru | 2014 | 1.2km | site_izi | ||
| The Flying Donkey | 2020 | 1.1km | site_ao | ||
| Porto di Ripetta | 2020 | 0.5km | site_ao | ||
| Sant’Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso | 2019 | 0.3km | site_ao | ||
| Il Facchino | 2019 | 1.1km | site_ao | ||
| Buca Dello Spione | 2019 | 0.9km | site_ao | ||
| Santa Maria sopra Minerva Flood Markers | 2019 | 1.1km | site_ao | ||
| Durandal’s Mark | 2019 | 0.9km | site_ao | ||
| Il Facchino | 2019 | 1.1km | site_ao | ||
| Elephant and Obelisk | 2019 | 1.1km | site_ao | ||
| Mussolini’s Balcony | 2018 | 1.3km | site_ao | ||
| Parish Church of Santa Maria del Popolo | 2017 | 0.5km | site_ao | ||
| Saint Victoria’s Incorruptible Body | 2017 | 1.3km | site_ao | ||
| Rome’s Hidden Art Nouveau Courtyard | 2018 | 0.9km | site_ao |
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