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Torre Della Scimmia
Just beyond Sant’Agostino on Via dell’Orso, take a look at the Torre della Scimmia - literally the “Tower of the Monkey” - which grows almost organically out of a fork in the road above an ivy-covered palazzo. The story goes that in the seventeenth century a pet monkey kidnapped a child and carried it to the top of the tower; the father of the child called upon the Virgin for help and the monkey promptly clambered down, delivering the child to safety. By way of thanks, the man erected a shrine to the Virgin, which you can still see at the top of the tower, accompanied by a glowing lamp that is to this day kept constantly burning.
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