US EditionTourist Damaged Historic Italian Fountain as Part of Pre-Wedding 'Dare,' Officials Say
Police said the woman caused about €5,000 in damage and faces a fine of up to €40,000 for defacing a protected monument.
- On Saturday, a 28-year-old woman climbed the 16th-century Neptune fountain, known as the Biancone, causing around €5,000 in damage while completing a social media dare during a hen weekend.
- Sculptor Bartolomeo Ammannati created the monument, commissioned by Cosimo and the Medici family in 1559 to mark the marriage of his son Francesco to Joanna of Austria.
- Municipal police charged the visitor with damaging a protected artistic monument, carrying a potential fine of up to €40,000, after experts found "minor but significant damage" to the horse legs and frieze.
- Giorgio Caselli, head of the fine arts office, told The Guardian on Tuesday that climbing monuments as social media challenges had become increasingly common, stating "we must not allow ourselves any conscientious concessions to the ignorance and superficiality."
- The fountain has faced recurring social media vandalism; authorities installed CCTV cameras after a 22-year-old German tourist caused around €5,000 in damage in September 2023 attempting a selfie.
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Tourist damaged historic Italian fountain as part of pre-wedding 'dare,' officials say
(NEXSTAR) – A tourist to Italy caused “small but significant” damage to a fountain in Florence on Saturday as part of a “pre-marital dare,” officials in the Italian city say. The tourist, identified only as a 28-year-old woman, later admitted to scaling part of the Fountain of Neptune in Florence’s Piazza della Signoria during a [...]
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noticiasya.comA tourist caused damage worth thousands of dollars to a 16th-century monument in Florence, Italy, after climbing it during a bachelorette party, local authorities reported.
As she celebrated her bachelorette funeral in Florence, Italy, a foreign tourist was challenged to touch the intimate parts of the statue of the Fountain of Neptune. The 28-year-old woman was then arrested by the municipal police. The damage caused by her escalation of the monument dating from the 16th century is estimated at 5,000 euros. - Italy: this challenge to a tourist for her EVJF leads her to justice (Police, justice and other facts).
A 28-year-old tourist was intercepted this Saturday by the municipal police of Florence (Italy) after climbing the statue of the Neptune fountain at the request of her friends, with whom she was staying on site
A "premarital test of courage" cost a 28-year-old tourist and future bride in Florence 5000 euros. She should touch the intimate body parts of the Neptune statue as part of a bachelorette challenge, which she did. She damaged the sculpture – display! Historical art cities such as Rome, Florence and Co. understand well-known little fun when sculptures, Renaissance buildings and works of art are deliberately damaged or people take a (not allowed) …
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