The tabernacle of "Torre della Scimmia"
There is a tower in via de Portoghesi in Rome called "Torre della Scimmia" (Tower of the monkey). This is a medieval tower with a tabernacle on the top that every nights has a light turned on: this tabernacle has a particular strory. In this palace, once, lived a family who had a little monkey. This monkey was usually to ape the family, especially the new-born child: for example, once, when the mother was bendageing the baby, the monkey wanted to be bendaged too. When a day the family lived the child alone in the palace with the monkey, the animal took him in its arms and started to rock him (it was apeing the mother). When the father came back home, he saw the animal on the top of the tower rocking his son. He was afraid to approach the monkey for the safety of the baby. So he prayed the Mother of God and made a vow: suddenly the monkey left the baby on the floor. Infact for the life of his son, the man promised to Mary a tabernacle with a light always switched on during the night. So if you go to the tower today during the night you can see the light on.
