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Bocca della Verità

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Piazza della Bocca della Verità, 00186 Roma RM, Italy

The stone mouth at Santa Maria in Cosmedin is the film’s playful lie-detector scene, and visitors still queue to put a hand inside.

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Filmed here

Roman Holiday

1953

Scene: The Mouth of Truth scene at Santa Maria in Cosmedin.

Sources & photo credits

Place notes are curated for Spotlywood from the title, the scene, and publicly documented filming locations.
Photo: Photo via Wikimedia Commons (Età_imperiale,_chiusino_a_forma_di_mascherone_di_divinità_fluviale,_detta_bocca_della_verità,_collocata_qui_nel_1632.jpg). The file page is the source of record for creator and license. File page. Usually CC, public domain, or another license listed on the file page.