The Mouth of TruthOn the last day of my visit to Rome, I managed to get onto a bus and explore Rome city with 2 of my travel mates. We found a few more sites not included in our package tours. One of them is "The Mouth of Truth". It took us quite a fair bit of walks and asking numerous people before we finally found it. It was such an achievement for us!
This site was made famous by an old movie, "Roman Holiday" (1953) ~~ A bored and sheltered princess (Audrey Hepburn) escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman (Gregory Peck) in Rome.
This site was made famous by an old movie, "Roman Holiday" (1953) ~~ A bored and sheltered princess (Audrey Hepburn) escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman (Gregory Peck) in Rome.
Legend had it that if you lie and when you put your hand into "The Mouth of Truth" your hand will be bitten off; that was what Gregory Peck (the newsman) told Audrey Hepburn (the innocent princess) in the movie. I watched this movie a long time ago and when I spotted the picture of "The Mouth of Truth" in a postcard, I suddenly remembered that it is here in Rome; that started our frantic search for it.
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