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Tourist fined €20,000 for carving initial on Rome’s Colosseum
theguardian.com ^ | Sunday 23 November 2014 14.47 EST | Rosie Scammell in Rome

Posted on 11/25/2014 2:22:58 PM PST by BenLurkin

In the latest episode of tourists behaving badly in Rome, a Russian has been fined €20,000 (£15,800) for carving his initial into the Colosseum.

The 42-year-old tourist used a stone to carve a 25cm “K” into a wall inside the ancient amphitheatre. He was caught in the act by a guard and arrested by police, before being fined and given a four-month suspended prison sentence.

The director of the Colosseum, Rossella Rea, said the €20,000 fine was justified as the visitor had damaged “a magnificent and symbolic monument”. “You cannot write on a historic wall, it’s absolutely forbidden,” she said.

However, she denied tourists were running amok at the world-famous site. Out of six million annual visitors, five have been stopped by police this year for scrawling on the amphitheatre. An Australian and his son were caught, as well as a teenager from Brazil and another from Canada. The minors escaped being fined because of their age.

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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; romanempire
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1 posted on 11/25/2014 2:22:58 PM PST by BenLurkin
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This really is a-hole-ery of a high order.


2 posted on 11/25/2014 2:24:38 PM PST by Steely Tom (Thank you for self-censoring.)
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To: BenLurkin

Wish they’d do that to all taggers in general, when I went to Rome last year there was graffiti all over the place.


3 posted on 11/25/2014 2:25:00 PM PST by dfwgator
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4 posted on 11/25/2014 2:27:23 PM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Steely Tom

It’s even worse on some of the inner walkway walls in the Cathedral in Florence, Italy: http://lostintranslationdc.blogspot.com/2010/09/florence-churches-and-museums.html


5 posted on 11/25/2014 2:29:51 PM PST by vladimir998
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Death to Taggers!


6 posted on 11/25/2014 2:31:04 PM PST by dfwgator
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“Death to Taggers!”

Agreed!


7 posted on 11/25/2014 2:37:17 PM PST by vladimir998
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To: BenLurkin

Nero wuz hear


8 posted on 11/25/2014 2:39:13 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: BenLurkin

Russians!

I guess Putin is skipping Finland and moving on Italy!


9 posted on 11/25/2014 2:44:40 PM PST by CharleysPride (non chiedere cio che non si puo prendere)
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To: BenLurkin
That's only been going on for a few thousand years.

/johnny

10 posted on 11/25/2014 2:48:27 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: BenLurkin

A small price to pay for having your name carved on one of the 8 Wonders of the Ancient World right next to the names and titles of the original Vandals from a thousand or so years ago


11 posted on 11/25/2014 2:58:42 PM PST by rdcbn
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12 posted on 11/25/2014 3:12:58 PM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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He should be used as live entertainment until he is no longer live entertainment. Bring on the gladiators!!


13 posted on 11/25/2014 3:19:22 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: dfwgator

Feed them to the lions.


14 posted on 11/25/2014 3:21:30 PM PST by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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To: dfwgator

“Wish they’d do that to all taggers in general, when I went to Rome last year there was graffiti all over the place.”

I saw it too. I asked the tour guide we were with, “Why do they allow this?” He just ignored me.


15 posted on 11/25/2014 3:52:53 PM PST by Andy'smom (How many more acts of love can we take?)
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To: BenLurkin

I am amazed that in Pompeii you can walk up to the frescos and run your oily have over them, with no one watching (directly). Exposed to the atmosphere, too.

They won’t last long.


16 posted on 11/25/2014 4:40:48 PM PST by cicero2k
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"...a Russian...An Australian and his son...as well as a teenager from Brazil and another from Canada..."

Glad none of them were Americans - we are always told that we are the worst-behaved travelers, the "ugly Americans," but it seems in this case there are some people who have us beat!

17 posted on 11/25/2014 5:15:35 PM PST by free-in-nyc (Freeping from the heart of the occupation)
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To: SunkenCiv

PING


18 posted on 11/25/2014 5:32:10 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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To: a fool in paradise; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Thanks a fool in paradise.


19 posted on 11/26/2014 5:26:52 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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To: SunkenCiv; GeronL

$oros says he has $100,000 to spend if that is the going rate per letter...


20 posted on 11/26/2014 5:35:34 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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