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A statue of Simón Bolívar (the national hero) in the university named after him. This statue stands in one of the many green areas of the university.

There are many statues of Simón Bolívar around the country, mainly on the main squares of each town called Plaza Bolívar (Bolivar Square), but this one is special. There is a legend of the students according to which you shall not walk behind the statue if you want to graduate. I don't know if it is truth, but I didn't dare to do it while I was still studying...

It is also said that the statue showing Bolivar pointing to the ball at his feet means: If you study, the world will be at your feet. There is also a more colloquial version saying "you have to work your butt off to graduate" (which in Spanish includes the word "ball").

As so many times, the fog was showing in the background and the sky was pretty grey.

Some words about the legends in this University (taken from Wikipedia):

"Several myths and legends are part of the student culture:

Rub the Owl's bill: It is said that they who wish not to fail mathematics on the first trimester "must" rub the bill of a stone owl statue located in the back of the rectoral house.

Do not walk behind Simon Bolivar: It is said that if you walk behind the statue of Simon Bolivar, next to the rectoral house, you will never graduate.

The Ampere: It is the central coffee shop, which gained its name from a word game revolving around the large quantity of female students that hang around the place. An ampere by definition is a magnitude that defines electrical current flow in terms of charge by a time unit: one coulomb per second. In Venezuela, Culo is vulgar slang for "cutie" or "chick". Thus, "Un culo-mb por segundo" is understood as 'one chick by second', therefore an ampere. "

Sharpened and cropped. I included a shot from another angle as a WS.