Palazzo Grazioli & the Street of the 'Cat'

Via della Gatta

Palazzo Grazioli

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A street in the centre of Rome is known as the Via della Gatta, on account of a sculpture of a small stone cat, which stands upon a cornice at the rear of the 17th century Palazzo Grazioli.

Gatta is the Italian word for a female cat. The feline, which may in fact be a monkey, is thought to come from an ancient temple to the Egyptian goddess Isis, which once stood nearby. 

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