The Cura
The "Cura"
De Cura is the beating heart of student association Venae, located in the Nicolaes Tulphuis (Faculty of Health) at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. You can find this space on the ground floor of the building, just to the right of the main entrance and adjacent to the indoor corridor.
Every Friday afternoon, Venae’s VrijMiBo (Friday afternoon social gathering) takes place here. During the week, De Cura can be reserved for meetings, parties, or social gatherings. Every day, De Cura is open for studying or relaxing on the Venae beanbags. Feel free to drop by!
You can find the Cura on the ground floor, on the right of the main entrance, close to the "binnenstraat" where the canteen and coffee corner are placed.
The Name...
Cura was the goddess of care, and, according to legend, once sat by the bank of a river. While gazing pensively at the flowing water, she began to shape a human figure from the clay lying at her feet, aimlessly sculpting with her fingers. At that moment, Jupiter happened to pass by, and Cura asked him to breathe life into the lifeless body she had created. Jupiter granted her request but then demanded that the new being be named after him, to which Cura objected, as she was the one who had created it.
As they argued over this, Tellus, the goddess of the earth, appeared and claimed rights to the new creature, as she had provided the substance from which it was formed. To resolve the dispute, the three finally called upon Saturn, the god of time, to act as arbitrator. Saturn gave the following judgment:
“You, Jupiter, have given the creature life, so you may take its body when it has passed. You, goddess of Care, have shaped it, so it shall belong to you while it lives. And you, Tellus, provided the material, from humus or earth, so let it be named after this substance and called homo or man, child of the earth.”