Detail on the left side of the River God Tiber sculpture at the Fountain of Dea Roma.
According to legend of Rome's founding, the river god Tiberinus found the twins Romulus and Remus who had been abandoned on the banks of the Tiber river and gave them to the she wolf Lupa.
The sculpture was originally a depiction of the Tigris River (repurposed to be the Tiber Rover). The transformation of the tiger to wolf is not entirely successful.
Rome; July 2019
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