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Bocca della Verità

The Mouth of Truth is an ancient Roman marble mask in , , which stands against the left wall of the portico of the church, at the , the site of the ancient .
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  • Opening hours:
    April 15th—September 15th: 9:30 AM—5:50 PM
    September 16th—April 14th: 9:30 AM—4:50 PM
  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: sculpture
  • Description: ancient mascaron from a basilica in Rome
  • Also known as: “Mouth of the Truth” and “The Mouth of Truth”
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Santa Maria in Cosmedin and Forum Boarium.

Church
Photo: Felix Koenig, CC BY 4.0.
The Basilica of Saint Mary in Cosmedin is a minor basilican church in , Italy, dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It is located in the rione of . Constructed first in the sixth century as a diaconia in an area of the city populated by Greek immigrants, it celebrated Eastern rites and currently serves the Melkite Greek Catholic community of Rome.

Park
Photo: Torquatus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The was the cattle market or forum venalium of ancient Rome. It was located on a level piece of land near the between the , the and hills.

Photo: Livioandronico2013, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The or Hercules Olivarius is a Roman temple in , the former , in , . It is a tholos, a round temple of Greek 'peripteral' design completely surrounded by a colonnade.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Palatine Hill and Capitoline Hill.

Locality
Photo: Lil Herodotus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , which relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire".

Locality
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The Capitolium or , between the and the Campus Martius, is one of the Seven Hills of Rome. The hill was earlier known as Mons Saturnius, dedicated to the god Saturn.

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The district is the heart of ancient and the Roman Empire. It has the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Capitoline Museum.

Bocca della Verità

Latitude
41.88826° or 41° 53′ 18″ north
Longitude
12.48154° or 12° 28′ 54″ east
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
Open location code
8FHJVFQJ+8J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 497186177
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­sculpture
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
11856551
Wiki­data ID
Q729490
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“Bocca della Verità” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ճշմարտության բերան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Həqiqətin ağzı”
  • Basque: “Egiaren ahoa”
  • Bulgarian: “Уста на истината”
  • Bulgarian: “Устата на истината”
  • Catalan: “Bocca della Verità”
  • Chinese: “真理之口”
  • Croatian: “Bocca della Verità”
  • Czech: “Bocca della Verità”
  • Czech: “Ústa pravdy”
  • Dutch: “Bocca della Verità”
  • Dutch: “De mond der Waarheid”
  • Dutch: “La bocca della verità”
  • Dutch: “La Bocca della Verità”
  • Finnish: “Bocca della Verità”
  • French: “Bocca della verità”
  • French: “Bocca della Verità”
  • French: “Bouche de la Vérité”
  • French: “La bouche de la vérité”
  • Georgian: “Bocca della Verità”
  • German: “Bocca della verità”
  • German: “Bocca della Verità”
  • German: “Mund der Wahrheit in Rom”
  • German: “Mund der Wahrheit”
  • Hebrew: “בוקה דלה וריטה”
  • Hebrew: “פי האמת”
  • Hungarian: “Az igazság szája”
  • Hungarian: “Bocca della Verità”
  • Italian: “Bocca della Verità”
  • Italian: “La Bocca della Verità”
  • Japanese: “真実の口”
  • Korean: “진실의 입”
  • Korean: “진실의입”
  • Lombard: “Boca de la Verità”
  • Lombard: “Bóca de la Verità”
  • Lombard: “Bocca de la Verità”
  • Lombard: “Buca de la Verità”
  • Lombard: “Buca dla Verità”
  • Lombard: “Bùca dla Verità”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bocca della Verità”
  • Norwegian: “Bocca della Verità”
  • Persian: “دهان حقیقت”
  • Polish: “Bocca della Verità”
  • Polish: “Usta Prawdy”
  • Portuguese: “Bocca della Verità”
  • Romanian: “Bocca della Verità”
  • Russian: “Bocca della Verità”
  • Russian: “Уста истины”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bocca della Verità”
  • Slovenian: “Usta resnice”
  • Spanish: “Boca de la verdad”
  • Spanish: “Bocca della Verita”
  • Spanish: “Bocca della Verità”
  • Spanish: “La boca de la verdad”
  • Spanish: “La Bocca della Verita”
  • Spanish: “La Bocca della Verità”
  • Spanish: “Plaza de la Boca de la Verdad”
  • Swedish: “Bocca della Verità”
  • Swedish: “Bocca verità”
  • Swedish: “Sanningens mun”
  • Tagalog: “Bocca della Verità”
  • Turkish: “Bocca della Verità”
  • Ukrainian: “Вуста Правди”
  • Yue Chinese: “真理之口”

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