{"id":6484,"date":"2023-07-05T08:20:13","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T12:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/?p=6484"},"modified":"2023-07-05T08:20:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T12:20:16","slug":"italian-police-say-man-filmed-carving-name-on-colosseum-from-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/05\/italian-police-say-man-filmed-carving-name-on-colosseum-from-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian police say man filmed carving name on Colosseum from UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

Italian officials promised to find and punish tourist who carved \u2018Ivan+Haley 23\u2019 on a wall of the Colosseum in Rome.<\/em><\/h4>

Aljazeera – Italian police said they believe the man filmed engraving his name and that of his apparent girlfriend on the ancient Roman Colosseum in Rome is a tourist who lives in the United Kingdom.<\/p>

The identification was made using photographic comparisons, Italian Carabinieri said in a press statement on Thursday.<\/p>

The statement did not provide the name of the suspect nor his whereabouts. When reached by phone, police said no further information could be given.<\/p>

Italian officials have said they will find and punish the tourist who carved \u201cIvan+Haley 23\u201d on a wall of the Colosseum in Rome, a crime that has resulted in hefty fines in the past.<\/p>

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A tourist holding keys carves on the wall of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, on June 23, 2023, in this picture obtained from social media [File: Ryan Lutz\/via Reuters]<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>

The vandal was filmed in the act by a tourist from the United States, Ryan Lutz, who posted the video on social media after he said Colosseum guards failed to show interest in his footage.<\/p>

\u201cIt\u2019s extremely disgraceful and a sign of great lack of culture that a tourist defaces one of the most famous places in the world, a piece of historical heritage,\u201d Italy\u2019s Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano said on Tuesday.<\/p>

Sangiuliano expressed the hope that the culprit would be found and punished.<\/p>

Built in the first century, the Colosseum is the largest amphitheatre in the world, a Roman landmark and a major tourist attraction that draws approximately a million visitors each year.<\/p>

The incident was at least the fourth time this year that such graffiti was reported at the Colosseum, an act that carries fines of up to $15,000 and five years in prison.<\/p>

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