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Show Hiitery of TarpeUrt Foch. Tarpt'hrti rock a preclplrt on the south side of ttie Ciipltollne hill t Home, from which Ktntr criminals ien-fenced' ien-fenced' to death west! thrown hendloni ,lt received It name (roiii Tnrpola. vestiil vlrRlikBnd diuijiMer of Hpurhw Turpeiu, tirte:T.or vi the citadfl. who Krted to open Jne E9t (t the Sahlnee then nl wor ;tn tlte'.Wmian on condition of receiving fim them whai they wore on rheir rms (meaning their bracelets). She wa rewarded for her treachery by Uelng cniKhed to death by the weight of the shields cat upon her by the soldiers, who shouted as they hastened on : "These are the ornaments we wear on our arms." According to legend, Tarpela ever sits in the heart of the rock, adorned with gold and Jew els and bound by a spell. |