Marforio: One of the Six 'Talking' Statues

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Marforio, one of Rome's six 'talking' statues

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The large marble statue of a reclining river god (or Oceanus), which is the centrepiece of the courtyard of the Palazzo Nuovo, is known as Marforio. 

Originally located in the Forum, the sculpture was, for centuries, a Roman landmark. The name Marforio may be a corruption of mare in foro (the sea in the forum), the inscription that was engraved on the granite basin.

​Marforio is one of the six statue parlante (talking statues) of Rome.