Pasquino or Pasquin is the name used by Romans since the early modern period to describe a battered Hellenistic-style statue perhaps dating to the third century BC, which was unearthed in the Parione district of Rome in the fifteenth century. It is located in a piazza of the same name on the northwest corner of the Palazzo Braschi ; near the site where it was unearthed.
Pasquino
Modern pasquinades in Italian on the base of the statue
Pasquino statue 2017. Postering on the statue is prohibited. "Pasquinades" must be placed on a side board.
Pasquino in 1550 by Nicolas Béatrizet
Parione is the 6th rione of Rome, Italy, identified by the initials R. VI, and belongs to the Municipio I. Its name comes from the fact that in the area there was a huge ancient wall, maybe belonging to the stadium of Domitianus; the nickname people gave to this wall was Parietone, from which the name Parione.
Piazza Navona
A marble plaque bearing the name of the rione