Defaces an important monument to Herculaneum, in Campania: for this reason, a 27-year-old Dutch tourist was identified and reported for damaging and defacing artistic works, for which he is expected to be arrested for 3 months to a year and a fine ranging from 1,000 to 3,000 euros. The young man, on a trip to the Herculaneum excavations, thought it best yesterday, Sunday 2 June, to leave his signature with a permanent black marker on the ancient stuccos of a house that ended up under the ashes of Vesuvius.
When the disfigurement was noticed, first the security staff and then the police were alerted. “Once again our cultural assets are victims of incivility and idiocy – commented the Minister of Culture Gennaro Sangiuliano -. Just a few weeks ago, 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. Any damage is a wound to our heritage, to our beauty and to our identity and this is why it must be sanctioned with the utmost firmness.”
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Finally, the minister thanked the “Carabinieri for having immediately identified and reported the author of this vile gesture. I also remember that thanks to the law that I strongly supported, this individual will also have to pay for the renovation works out of his own pocket. restoration of the work“.
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