Black and White Photography | Rome Photos | Simon Griffee » Talking Statue http://romebw.com Mon, 18 May 2009 15:28:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Il Babbuino http://romebw.com/il-babbuino http://romebw.com/il-babbuino#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:24:18 +0000 admin http://romebw.com/?p=240 Il Babbuino, or ‘The Baboon’, one of the ‘talking statues’ of Rome on which the populace traditionally post satirical inscriptions and graffiti criticizing the government and public figures. The statue is an ancient depiction of Silenus.

Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on your point of view, the wall behind Il Babbuino has recently been painted with a special paint which makes it difficult to post signs and graffiti behind the statue, as has traditionally happened in the past.

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