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PasquinPasquin (Italian: Pasquino) was the name ordinary Romans gave to an ancient statue dug up and erected in the Piazza Navona around 1500. In the 16th century and after, it was the custom for those who wanted to criticize the Pope and his government to write Latin satirical poems (called "pasquinades" from the Italian "pasquinate") and attach them to this statue. At various times, these poems were published in books and thus became well known all over Europe. In English, the word "pasquinade" is used to refer to any lampoon, whether in verse or in prose, and in whatever language.
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