title: La lupa
text: # La lupa
  
  La lupa is Italian for "the she-wolf", a female wolf.
  
  La lupa can refer to the mythological she-wolf that suckled Romulus and Remus and became a symbol of the city of Rome.
  
  La lupa Capitolina is the Italian name of the Capitoline Wolf, the famous statue of the mythical she-wolf in the National Museum of Rome.
  
  ## Films
  
  * La lupa, a 1953 film adaptation by Alberto Lattuada of Giovanni Verga's short story
  * La lupa, a 1955 film by Luis Lucia
  * La lupa, a 1996 film adaptation by Gabriele Lavia of Giovanni Verga's short story
     * La Lupa, a 1996 soundtrack album by Ennio Morricone, and its theme track
  * La lupa mannara, a 1976 Italian film
  
  ## Literature and media
  
  * La Lupa (magazine), an early fascist magazine founded by Paolo Orano
  * La Lupa (story), a short story by Giovanni Verga
  * La Lupa (Swiss singer), artist
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Acca Larentia (Roman mythology), the adopted mother of Romulus and Remus, and by some accounts a prostitute ("lupa")
  * A nickname of Anna Magnani, Italian stage and film actress
  