Bocca della Verita (Mouth of Truth) is located
inside the portico of the 12th century church of Santa Maria in
Cosmedin. I wanted to see this place ever since I was a little
girl and I watched "Roman holiday" the charming movie starring
Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn. The mouth is an ancient version
of a lie detector; the legend has it that if a person that told
a lie will stick his hand into that mouth, his hand will be
chopped off. I had the guts to give it a try and came off looking
like the most honest person on the planet :-)
