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The gouged-out testicles of this bull mosaic in Italy are just two more victims of tourists abusing monuments for luck
For decades, visitors to Milan’s Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II have been gouging into one particular spot on one particular ...
Daily Mail on MSN
Famous bull mosaic gets 'castrated' after tourists kept spinning on its testicles for good luck
The 19th-century mosaic in Milan's historic shopping arcade needed work done after a small crater on the bull's 'lucky spot' ...
Worn down by thousands of passersby honouring an unusual tradition, a floor mosaic of an anatomically detailed bull in one of ...
Milan's Ramping Bull mosaic in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II was last restored in September 2017 ...
The artwork is the centre of a tradition that involves visitors performing three spins on it for good fortune.
Italians have reacted with bemusement to the restoration of a famous bull mosaic in Milan, with some wondering what has ...
The artwork in a 19th-century shopping arcade has been damaged by visitors honouring an unusual tradition ...
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