Wanna experience some unforgettable travel moments with your buddies, then here is your destination. Today, we Touringwala is going to take travel junkies to an interesting destination where once a sculpture used to cut down the hands of liars by its mouth. It may be it looks like fictitious but still, the people of Rome believes it. What are you waiting for? Get ready with your mad gang to ‘Bocca della Verita’ aka The Mouth of Truth. Give a quick scroll down to know more about the ancient carving the Mouth of Fate…
The architecture of Mouth of Truth…
Nestled on the premises of Basilica di Santa Maria in Comedian of Rome, Italy, this ancient sculpture throbs the hearts of tens of thousands of visitors from across the world with mammoth marble disc structure with holes on both eyes, a gaped mouth, nostrils and with a huge beard. Dates back to 1st century CE, the Mouth of Truth weights nearly 1400 kg and resembles like the god of the sea, ‘Oceanus’.
Still, the purpose of the Mouth of Truth remains as a mystery but various legends say that the disc was once used to cover the ceremonial well in a temple, to cover a manhole and for fountain decoration.
Will the Mouth of Truth cut down the liar’s hand??
Basilica di Santa Maria, The Mouth Of Truth, Rome, Bocca della Verita, Mysterious Place. According to a legend, once this stone carving was used as a lie detector. The accused were brought to this sculpture and ordered to put their hand in the mouth. It is said that if the accused was a liar then immediately the hand would be bitten.
Thinking what might be hidden in the mouth? don’t worry, it is used said that a hidden axeman beneath the Mouth of Truth used to cut down the hands of the culprits. The fear of cutting will make accused to reveal the truth. Though it seems apocryphal still the superstition continues for today.
Whatever the stories might be, the mothers are busy in plotting stories for their kids to speak only the truth otherwise the Mouth of Truth will cut down the hands. Now, visitors of Rome are busy in taking pictures at the Mouth of Truth. Guys!! be careful, the Mouth of Truth may cut down the hands if we lie, so speak always the truth…