In addition to all the hardships of the case, Italian university students are forced to respect superstitious rituals and superstitions to get the long-awaited degree or successfully pass an exam.
I found the most famous superstitions in Italy, here they are.
PISA
Let's start with one of the most famous: the legend of the Tower of Pisa. The students of the University of Pisa know that they must not make the mistake of climbing the tower before graduating, or risk never graduating.
BOLOGNA
Let's keep talking about towers. For all Bologna students, there is a very clear prohibition: you must not climb the Asinelli Tower or you will never get your degree. In addition, it is better to avoid crossing Piazza Maggiore diagonally, otherwise you will suffer a similar fate to that of those who climb the tower.
MILAN
Among the most popular superstitions there is the one dedicated to Bocconi students: it is better never to pass between the two lions that are near the central door of the building, or the degree will be far away! In the Catholic University, better avoid the staircase with two side columns on the day of the exam, it may not bring good. Still talking about passages, at Statale there is a ritual dedicated to the entrance on the Filarete courtyard that has two versions: the first suggests not to pass through the middle door, the other through the two side doors.
ROME, La Sapienza
Let's go and see what happens in the capital. Those who study at La Sapienza in Rome know that they must never, and we say NEVER, look into the eyes of the statue of the Goddess Minerva in the courtyard of the university citadel. Those who do, risk not graduating anymore!
NAPLES
We conclude with one of the cities where superstitions are most popular: Naples! Here there is a popular ritual among students of Art History at the Federico II University: those who want to graduate must not visit the Veiled Christ, the sculpture created by Giuseppe Sanmartino and exhibited in the Sansevero Chapel Museum.
A bit of a nonsense, especially for those who study art. These rites have been handed down for years up to our days, but we have great doubts about their "concreteness". Superstitions don't go well with study and science, we can consider them more as funny legends...
Will it be true, will it be false? Boh ... personally I cannot tell you.
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