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Tango01  | 23 May 2025 5:26 p.m. PST |
… to the Pope
"IN EARLY 1514, AN EAGER audience gathered in the small central Italian town of Tarquinia, once a powerful Etruscan city. They stormed into the town's local inn. Those unable to find room inside clambered onto the roof or perched atop neighboring buildings. They were all desperate to get a look at something special, something they had never seen before, desperate enough that the inn's roof collapsed under their weight, and the "something special" was forced to spend the night in the piazza's open air.
They were there to see Hanno, the elephant parading toward Rome—a gift for Pope Leo X. Hanno's arrival into Rome was met with massive crowds and a frenzy of attention. Fueled by human greed for prestige and entertainment, the journey came at the expense of Hanno's well-being—a tale still too often the case with elephants today…"
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