Fontana della Piazza dei Quiriti
"Cover Up Those Statues!"
The fountain in Piazza dei Quiriti was built using a design by Attilio Selva around 1924. His project was chosen in a national competition to build fountains in many of the piazzas in Rome to refurbish and freshen up the city. His design, thought of as scandalous by many Catholics, in particular by the parish priests of the church of San Gioacchino ai Prati, who believed it to be an insult to morality, featured four female figures who are prostitutes. The priests argued that the poses of the figures were indecent. However, the fountain saw the light of day, and does so to this day. The priests at the time used to cover the figures with sheets during the Corpus Domini processions.
piazza dei Quiriti, Rome, Italy, 00192
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"Cover Up Those Statues!"
The fountain in Piazza dei Quiriti was built using a design by Attilio Selva around 1924. His project was chosen in a national competition to build fountains in many of the piazzas in Rome to refurbish and freshen up the city. His design, thought of as scandalous by many Catholics, in particular by the parish priests of the church of San Gioacchino ai Prati, who believed it to be an insult to morality, featured four female figures who are prostitutes. The priests argued that the poses of the figures were indecent. However, the fountain saw the light of day, and does so to this day. The priests at the time used to cover the figures with sheets during the Corpus Domini processions.
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