The Austrian was one of several people stopped by carabinieri as part of a crackdown on illegal activities around Rome's most famous ancient monument. Tourist fined for stealing ancient artefacts from Pompeii.Tourist charged after carving name into Colosseum.How Italy plans to fight back against monument vandals.The charge of defacing Italy's cultural heritage or landscape is punishable by up to five years in prison. It's unclear what will happen to him now, but in the past other (adult) tourists have faced fines of several thousand euros for damaging the Colosseum. The tourist, aged 17, was spotted detaching a fragment from one of the Roman amphitheatre's outer columns, before attempting to conceal it in his backpack.Ĭarabinieri officers intercepted him and reported him on the spot for “unlawful appropriation of cultural assets belonging to the state”, according to Roma Today.
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