Bocca della Verità
The Mouth of Truth is an ancient Roman marble mask in Rome, Italy, which stands against the left wall of the portico of the Santa Maria in Cosmedin church, at the Piazza della Bocca della Verità, the site of the ancient Forum Boarium.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- 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.
Santa Maria in Cosmedin
Church
Photo: Felix Koenig, CC BY 4.0.
The Basilica of Saint Mary in Cosmedin is a minor basilican church in Rome, Italy, dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It is located in the rione of Ripa. 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.
Forum Boarium
Park
Photo: Torquatus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Forum Boarium was the cattle market or forum venalium of ancient Rome. It was located on a level piece of land near the Tiber between the Capitoline, the Palatine and Aventine hills.
Temple of Hercules Victor
Photo: Livioandronico2013, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Temple of Hercules Victor or Hercules Olivarius is a Roman temple in Piazza Bocca della Verità, the former Forum Boarium, in Rome, Italy. 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.
Palatine Hill
Locality
Photo: Lil Herodotus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Palatine Hill, 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".
Capitoline Hill
Locality
Photo: Tetraktys, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Capitolium or Capitoline Hill, between the Forum 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.
Colosseo
Photo: Paolostefano1412, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Colosseo district is the heart of ancient Rome and the Roman Empire. It has the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Capitoline Museum.
Bocca della Verità
- Categories: sculpture, manhole cover, and tourism
- Location: Municipio Roma I, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.88826° or 41° 53′ 18″ northLongitude
12.48154° or 12° 28′ 54″ eastElevation
20 metres (66 feet)Open location code
8FHJVFQJ+8JOpenStreetMap ID
node 497186177OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculptureOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limited
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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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