A tourist paints the graffiti wall of the city of Herculaneum

The tourist who has been reported will have to pay a fine of between 10,000 and 40,000 euros and pay to repair the damaged wall.

Mass tourism, in addition to gentrification and neighborhood problems, also results in: “stupidity and stupidity.” The Italian Minister of Culture described this sentiment as follows: A tourist who wrote something Your signature with an indelible marker on the Wall of a domus of the restored city of Herculaneum in Campania in the south of the country.

He Tourist, 27 years old, PortugueseA resident of the Netherlands, he is facing Italian justice for the crimes of “damage to property and artistic work.” Your graffiti could cost you Fines between 10,000 and 40,000 euros As well as paying for the repair of the wall, as reported by RAI.

The man, who was holidaying in Campania, signed with a permanent black marker on a wall covered with plaster and the remains of a graffiti in the ruins of this old ‘domus’ of Herculaneum, but video surveillance cameras allowed him to be identified and reported.

The security guards alerted the security forces, who filed a complaint against the tourist for damaging and defacing the artistic works.

Herculaneum, one of the most precious archaeological sites

The site of Herculaneum is one of Italy’s most precious archaeological sites, and along with Pompeii it was almost completely destroyed by the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius two millennia ago.

Both places are classified as world Heritage Site by UNESCO.

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