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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: theking on August 24, 2023, 10:52:27 PM
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...in Italy too ???:
Italy will have 24-hour armed guards put in place after German tourists caused $10,800 in vandalism at a historic landmark in Florence, authorities say
Italy will have 24-hour armed guards put in place following the $10,800 repair of a historic landmark that German tourists spray painted this week, the country's culture ministry and Florence's Uffizi Gallery said.
Florence's Vasari Corridor — a 460-year-old arched riverside passageway connecting the Uffizi Galleries — was spray-painted with a reference to a third-division Munich soccer club on Wednesday, Florence's mayor's office told CNN.
The city's military police said in a statement to CNN that the agency identified the suspects as two German tourists aged 20 and 21, traveling to Italy in a party of 11 students. The police raided the students' Airbnb and found cans of black spray paint and paint-stained clothing, CNN reported.
Italy's Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano, said in a statement on Thursday that it will cost $10,800 to repair the landmark.
The Uffizi Gallery told Insider that 24-hour armed security will be put in place at the museum complex and the area of the Vasari Corridor starting in September.
The gallery told Insider the repairs started on Thursday and would take just a few days.
Took these photos in Paris and they don't mess around when it comes to hiring Security Guards to guard their national treasures so I'm sure the Italians are no different ???:
(https://i.imgur.com/uPyoCqP.jpg?1)
(https://i.imgur.com/dJK4ZWN.jpg?1)
(https://i.imgur.com/jx3wrEk.jpg?1)
(https://i.imgur.com/dVL3lAk.jpg?1)