Madama Lucrezia is one of the five 'talking statues' (statua parlante; statue parlante; sprechenden Statuen) of Rome.The only woman among the talking statues.Colossal Roman bust; about 3 metres high; sited on a plinth in the corner of Piazza Venezia.The bust was given to Lucrezia d'Alagno; the lover of Alfonso d'Aragona; King of Naples; she moved to Rome after Alfonso's death in 1458.The statue is badly disfigured; and the original subject cannot be identified with certainty; but may represent the Egyptian goddess Isis or perhaps a portrait of the Roman empress Faustina. - The talking statues of Rome provided an outlet for a form of anonymous political expression in Rome. Criticisms in the form of poems or witticisms were posted on well-known statues in Rome; as an early instance of bulletin board. It began in the 16th century and continues to the present day. Rome; Italy. 2021.