Rome's Talking Statues Have Served as Sites of Dissent for Centuries

Elizabeth Djinis History Correspondent A grand tour of Rome’s iconic sculptures often includes a few staples: the Vatican Museums’ writhing Laocoön; the Capitoline Museums’ Dying Gaul, taking his last breath; and Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s Rape of Proserpina, with those indelible fingerprints left on the goddess’s leg. But some statues that dot the Italian capital are lesser known. They may not offer much to look at,…