Even though the name of via della Tribuna Campitelli is referred to rione Campitelli, this place is part of rione Sant’Angelo. Its toponym comes from the apsys (also known as ‘tribuna’ in Italian) of the Church Santa Maria in Campitelli. This religious building stands out this narrow street, which became an immortal place thanks to the ironic and iconic scene from the movie The Marquis of Grillo directed by Mario Monicelli.
The Marquis Onofrio of Grillo is a lazy noble who usually plays merciless jokes, and he is impeccably played by Alberto Sordi. His character, in this narrow street, orders to wall up the entrance to a lender’s workshop and at its place an urinal appears.
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