"Talking Statue" Fountains of Rome
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Il Babbuino
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Il Facchino
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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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