![]() ![]() Now, you may think this story is merely a legend, but if you go where Via dei Portoghesi and Via dei Pianellari meet, not far from Piazza Navona, and look upwards, you’ll see the tower, with Mary on the edge of the parapet, and the lamp (now containing an electric bulb) beside her. In gratitude, the owners erected a marble statue of the Virgin on the top of the tower, flanked by a lamp, which was to burn continually as long as the tower stood. The parents were afraid to pursue the animal in case it dropped the boy, and frantically signalled for it to bring the child down but the monkey, with the infant in its arms, merely grinned and chattered.ĭesperate, the parents fell to their knees and earnestly implored the Holy Virgin to save their son and after a few minutes, the monkey carefully descended and tenderly placed the boy in his mother’s arms. ![]() They also had an infant son and the monkey decided one day to grab the baby and scamper up to the tower’s parapet. The owners of one such tower kept a pet monkey, an agile and rather mischievous creature. This allowed them to impress rival clans or perhaps dump noxious liquids on their heads when the situation required it. ![]() Long ago in Rome, wealthy families often embellished their palazzi with tall, fortified towers. ![]()
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