James Markus wrote:
Ben,
Curious minds want to know who sawed off the nose, when it happened, and why? I did a search and found that sawing off nose's has been very popular worldwide for millenia. It led me to the fascinating rabbit hole of Cecil Rhodes' missing schnoz in Harper's. here
Jim
bruni wrote: James Markus wrote:
Ben,
Is this literally the embodiment of "cutting off your nose to spite your face"?
Jim
bruni wrote:
Oh Jim, Jim, .....I'll say no more.
ben
Jim - I thought you were joking. OK, well, this is Pincio, it's a park at the top of the Spanish Steps and it's lined with those marble busts, there's hundreds of them. Unfortunately, some of them have been vandalised, and it's often the noses that bear the damage. I don't know when or why. I can't imagine why someone would do it. Here's an article about : http://www.grandvoyageitaly.com/piazza/defacing-the-colosseum-and-vandalizing-rome-what-the-____
