A Dutch tourist defaced the walls of a Roman domus in the Archaeological Park of Herculaneum, an ancient city buried by Vesuvius in the eruption of 79 AD. C. together with Pompeii. The park security staff and the police were alerted yesterday to yet another injury. The 27-year-old tourist on holiday in Campania daubed ancient stucco with a permanent black marker. He was immediately identified and reported for damaging and defacing artistic works.
“Once again our cultural assets are victims of incivility and idiocy“, says the Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano. “Just a few weeks ago – remember – the facade of the Royal Palace of the Royal Palace of Caserta had been smeared with paint. Yesterday it was the turn of a Roman domus in the Herculaneum archaeological park, defaced by a tourist with a permanent marker. Every damage is a wound to our heritage, our beauty and our identity and this is why it must be sanctioned with the utmost firmness”, states Sangiuliano, thanking i “Carabinieri for immediately identifying and reporting the perpetrator of this vile act. I also remember that thanks to the law I strongly supported – points out – this person will also have to pay for the restoration work of the work out of his own pocket”.
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