Pasquino
Sign in to savethumb|Modern pasquinades in Italian on the base of the statue Pasquino or Pasquin (; Latin: Pasquinus, Pasquillus) is the name used by Romans since the early modern period to describe a battered Hellenistic-style statue perhaps dating to the third century BC, which was unearthed in the Parione district of Rome in the fifteenth century. It is located in a piazza of the same name on the northwest corner of the Palazzo Braschi (Museo di Roma); near the site where it was unearthed.
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- Pasquino
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- Pasquin
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- Latin
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- Pasquillus
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- Talking statues of Rome
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- Menelaus (supporting the body of Patroclus)Supposedly named for Pasquino, a neighboring tailor
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- Piazza Pasquino, Rome, Italy
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thumb|Modern pasquinades in Italian on the base of the statue Pasquino or Pasquin (; Latin: Pasquinus, Pasquillus) is the name used by Romans since the early modern period to describe a battered Hellenistic-style statue perhaps dating to the third century BC, which was unearthed in the Parione district of Rome in the fifteenth century. It is located in a piazza of the same name on the northwest corner of the Palazzo Braschi (Museo di Roma); near the site where it was unearthed.
The statue is located in Piazza Pasquino in Rome, the square takes its name from this statue.