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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  • Work of art
  • …is a sculpture
  • …lies at an elevation of 20 metres (66 feet)
  • …is partly wheelchair accessible
  • Opening hours:
    April 15–September 15: 9:30 AM–5:50 PM
    September 16–April 14: 9:30 AM–4:50 PM
  • Description: ancient mascaron from a basilica in Rome
  • Also known as
    “Mouth of the Truth”
    “The Mouth of Truth”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Santa Maria in Cosmedin and Forum Boarium.
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The was the cattle market or forum venalium of ancient Rome.
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The or Hercules Olivarius…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Palatine Hill and Capitoline Hill.
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The , which is the centremost of the…
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The Capitolium or , between the …
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is a district in .

Bocca della Verità

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Latitude
41.88826° or 41° 53′ 18″ north
Longitude
12.48154° or 12° 28′ 54″ east
Open location code
8FHJVFQJ+8J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 497186177
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­sculpture
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: “ボッカ・デラ・ベリタ”
  • 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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