Nepi (Viterbo)

The capitals of the 11th century crypt of the cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta
display a variety of beasts and monsters that would have put the ascetic St Bernard of Clairvaux in a rage.

The exhibitionist mermaid holding her tails acrobatically
has obviously had her vulva crudely enlarged or defaced.

The seated male's gemitals are more life-like than the rest of him he rest of him.

Photos by Fabio Casalini.