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Tourist Damages Florence's Neptune Fountain in Pre-Wedding Stunt

Artnet News·Vittoria Benzine·about 1 month ago
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Italy’s naughty tourists are at it again. This week, officials in Florence revealed that one “young foreigner” recently caused €5,000 ($5,800) in damage while trying to grope the iconic Neptune fountain in the Tuscan capital’s Piazza della Signoria , the UNESCO World Heritage Site that’s home to the 700-year-old Palazzo Vecchio . The incident occurred last Saturday afternoon, according to the City of Florence, when a 28-year-old woman in town from an undisclosed country mounted the maximalist fountain’s rim and made her way towards the towering depiction of Neptune, also known as the Biancone , presiding over its center. “Her intention was to ‘touch’ the statue’s private parts as part of a sort of pre-wedding challenge,” authorities reported. Luckily, several officer happened to be nearby, and quickly intervened.…

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