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Word: quiretti (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...tiny garden situated upon the sunny expanse of the Square of Quiretti. in Rome, workmen erected a fountain whose light waters were to dance into the air and fall in a shower of silver sparks. The fountain was in the form of human figures, incompletely clothed; around the Square of Quiretti are numerous convents and educational institutions. The inmates of these houses disliked the fountain because of the nudity of its statuary; not long after its erection, Pope Pius XI himself sent deputies into the sunny plaza to gaze upon the fountain and determine the degree of its propriety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Coarse | 5/7/1928 | See Source »

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