Italy, Lazio, Rome, Aventine Hill, church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Bocca della Verita.

Italy, Lazio, Rome, Aventine Hill, church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Bocca della Verita.

Italy, Lazio, Rome, Aventine Hill, Piazza Bocca della Verita, archetectural detail.

Woman with her hand in the jaws of The Bocca della Verita or Mouth of Truth thought to be a medieval drain cover in the portico of the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin. Tradition had it that the mout...

The Bocca della Verita or Mouth of Truth thought to be a medieval drain cover in the portico of the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin. Tradition had it that the mouth would close over the hands of tho...

Woman with her hand in the jaws of The Bocca della Verita or Mouth of Truth thought to be a medieval drain cover in the portico of the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin. Tradition had it that the mout...

The 2nd Century BC drain cover Bocca della Verite or Mouth of Truth mounted ona wall at the Church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin. A female hand is pulled away from the mouth where tradition has it the ja...