In the seventeenth century was built a fine equestrian statue of Felipe III to decorate the center of the Plaza Mayor. The statue was cast in iron in Florence by John of Bologna and was completed by Pietro Tacca.
Currently the horse's mouth is sealed, although originally the horse's mouth was open ...
... And, after the statue destozo by leftist anti-monarchist militants during the proclamation of the Second Republic (1931), we noted that the inside of the horse was full of small bones and feathers of birds that had slipped through his mouth.
When the writer Juan Cristobal restored the statue after the Civil Gerra, sealed his mouth to prevent more birds will land on it and enter through the throat of the horse to a certain death.
Photo taken from www.elpais.com
Sources:
"Hidden Madrid." Marco & Peter Besas. Ediciones La Librería
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