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‘What happened to the testicles?’: mockery in Milan over bull mosaic’s restoration
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A 19th-century floor mosaic of a bull in Milan's Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II has attracted mockery after its restoration appeared to remove the anatomical detail of testicles, which had been damaged by tourist foot traffic.
‘What happened to the testicles?’: mockery in Milan over bull mosaic’s restoration
Rampant Bull needed a makeover after wear and tear from tourists, but refurbishment ‘castrated’ it, critics say
The restoration of a floor mosaic in Milan called the Rampant Bull has been mocked after the works appear to have erased a crucial anatomical detail – its testicles.
The 19th-century mosaic in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II shopping arcade needed a makeover because a small crater had formed in the tiny pink tiles featuring the bull’s testicles, due to the constant stream of tourists
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