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The Fontana della Terrina: Rome's moving fountain!

The moving fountain: the curious story of Rome’s “tureen”

For those of you who are visiting Rome and are after bizarre stories, look no further than this post on a famous fountain (no, not that one). Tucked away between Piazza Navona and Castel Sant’Angelo in what is now Piazza dell’Orologio, sits a fountain that looks nothing like a fountain at all: a giant stone […]

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The relationship between Rome and elephants

When elephants roamed through Rome

Whether it’s in artworks at the Vatican Museums or sculpted into famous obelisks, there is no doubt that depictions of elephants immediately grab the attention of tourists passing through Rome: such an exotic animal is immediately noticeable, but not everyone knows that they are not a metaphor (at least, not always!) but the representation of […]

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