Pasquino

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  • Address
    Piazza Pasquino, Parione
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  • Transport
    bus: Corso Vittorio Emanuele II

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A grubby statue covered with tatty bits of paper, the Pasquino is Rome's most famous 'talking statue'. During the 16th century - when there were no safe outlets for dissent - a Vatican tailor named Pasquino began sticking notes to the statue with satirical verses lampooning the church and aristocracy. Others joined in and soon there were talking statues all over town. Even today Romans still leave messages, known as pasquinade .