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German tourists blamed for toppling 150-year-old Italian statue
Channel News Asia ^
| 03 Aug 2023
Posted on 08/04/2023 2:08:03 PM PDT by nickcarraway
ROME: A group of young German tourists posing for pictures to post on social media have been accused of toppling a valuable statue at a villa in northern Italy, the villa's manager said on Thursday (Aug 3).
Two of the group climbed into a fountain to hug the work "Domina" by the artist Enrico Butti and another pushed it with a stick before the 1.7m statue crashed to the ground, Bruno Golferini, the manager of Villa Alceo in the town of Viggiu, said.
Golferini said he had lodged a complaint with the local police against all 17 German tourists who were in the group renting the villa. They have left Italy since the incident on Monday that was captured by the villa's surveillance cameras. The statue was around 150 years old and valued at around 200,000 euros (US$218,000), added Golferini, saying it would be hard to repair because of additional damage to the tiles in the fountain.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Germany; News/Current Events
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I'm just glad it's not someone from the United States.
To: nickcarraway
Funny we now see boorish European tourists instead of Americans leading the news for vandalism.
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posted on
08/04/2023 2:09:58 PM PDT
by
Reno89519
(DeSantis 2024. Successful Governor, Honorable Veteran, Respectful, Respected.)
To: nickcarraway
Who cares about the statue, Bruno Golferini that is about the coolest name ever.
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posted on
08/04/2023 2:11:43 PM PDT
by
scottinoc
To: nickcarraway
Someone was heard singing “Shake your Butti.”
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posted on
08/04/2023 2:12:43 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: nickcarraway
Were they German citizens or “German” citizens?
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posted on
08/04/2023 2:16:02 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(If liberals were truth tellers, they'd call themselves literals. )
To: Larry Lucido
“Someone was heard singing “Shake your Butti.””
It’s actually “Shake, Shake your Butti”.
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posted on
08/04/2023 2:18:14 PM PDT
by
BobL
(Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
To: Reno89519
To: scottinoc
Right up there with Buttris Buttris Golly.
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posted on
08/04/2023 2:23:02 PM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(The road to tyranny is paved with compliance )
To: Jonty30
Immigrants wouldn’t be that stupid.
To: nickcarraway
Let the tourists do their touring in North Liberty Maimi, FL as punishment.
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posted on
08/04/2023 2:25:29 PM PDT
by
Kenny500c
( )
To: BobL
To: Larry Lucido
To: nickcarraway
To: Right Brother; BobL
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posted on
08/04/2023 3:08:43 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: scottinoc
I’m having my name changed to that ...and i’m not Italian.
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posted on
08/04/2023 3:12:42 PM PDT
by
Leep
(What skill or service did the biden family have that netted them tens of millions of dollars?)
To: nickcarraway
Did we get a description of these ‘Germans’?
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posted on
08/04/2023 3:14:42 PM PDT
by
fuzzylogic
(welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
To: nickcarraway
No, we are too busy toppling our own statues.
To: Tai_Chung
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
08/04/2023 3:50:48 PM PDT
by
Pikachu_Dad
("the media are selling you a line of soap)
To: nickcarraway
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08/04/2023 3:59:57 PM PDT
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TangoLimaSierra
(⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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