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Testicles repaired on a lucky Milan bull mosaic
Posted on 2026-05-29 19:32:13
A mosaic of a prancing bull on the floor of Milan’s Galleria Vittorio
Emanuele II arcade is being restored, because tourists have worn away the
tiles representing its testicles.

Superstition has it that visitors who grind their heels on the bull’s
testicles and then spin around three times are granted good fortune and are
fated to return to the mosaic.

City councillors said that thousands of people do that every day, leaving a
small crater where the testicles should be.

The mosaic was last restored in 2017.

One councillor said that the Galleria was a piece of living heritage, “which
can wear away precisely because it is loved and experienced.”

He added that they take of it, so that can continue to be loved and
experienced.

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