Torre della Scimmia (Tower of the Monkey)

Rom · Italia · Tower

In the medieval tower on Via dei Portoghesi lived, according to legend, the Scapucci family, who had one child and a tame monkey. One day the animal snatched the infant from its cradle and climbed to the top of the tower, out of everyone's reach. The father dared not shout, but vowed the Virgin an eternal flame if the child came down alive; the monkey then carried the baby back and laid it in the cradle. The vow was kept with a lamp before an image of the Madonna at the tower's summit — still visible from the street, and Romans say misfortune strikes the house on any night the flame goes out. Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote the story down during his years in Rome, and neighbours still speak of a small dark shape on the roofline.

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Hvor ligger Torre della Scimmia (Tower of the Monkey)?

Torre della Scimmia (Tower of the Monkey) ligger i Rom, Italia.

Opplysningene bygger på lokal folketro og vitneskildringer.

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