List of Fountains in Rome - "Talking Statue" Fountains of Rome

"Talking Statue" Fountains of Rome

  • Il Babbuino

  • Il Facchino

  • Marphurius, or Marforio

  • Il Babuino (The Baboon), one of the so-called "Talking statues of Rome" and fountain in via del Babuino (1581)
  • Il Facchino (The Water Porter), one of the Talking statues of Rome, on Via del Corso (about 1580).
  • Marphurius. Roman statue of a river god or Oceanus from 1st century, fountain from 1592.

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