This photo shows the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, which is the home of the Bocca della Veritas, the Mouth of Truth. This is the famed sculpture that was used in Roman Holiday - you're supposed to place your hand in the sculpture's mouth and answer questions. If you told the truth, nothing happened. If you lied, the stone mouth would bite your hand. According to the guide book, this was probably originally a water main cover or sewer cover that someone liked and put up on the church wall...

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