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Crowns of Bay

Graduation Day in Venice

Anna Gilchrist & Lisa Hilton
Jun 9, 2022
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If you have visited Venice in early summer you may have spotted groups of students wearing elaborate wreaths of bay leaves and red roses and the slightly dazed expressions of newly released prisoners. The festa di laurea is a fixture all over Italy, representing the end of a gruelling programme of exams and a nail- biting final defence of the student’s …

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