Cultural destruction continues throughout Italy.
The director of Florence’s Uffizi Gallery has called for harsh penalties for vandals who spray-painted graffiti on the outer pillars of the Vasari Corridor, which connects the famous museum to the Boboli Gardens.
Italy’s Minister of Culture Gennaro Sangiuliano joined in saying that the alleged vandal had been identified by the Carabinieri police. He did not identify any suspects.
Italian news agency ANSA reported that Carabinieri found two German tourists vacationing in Florence and is suspected of scrawling the name of a German football club on a pillar.
Investigations are ongoing and no one is reported to have been detained.
“Acts like this should not go unpunished,” he said in a statement. “Come on, do justice.”
Sangiuliano said vandals “have to understand that from now on even minor injuries will be prosecuted”.
Under Italian law, anyone convicted of “aggravated damage”, which may apply in property damage cases, risks a prison sentence of up to three years.
Italian police have investigated the video to identify the culprit of the Vasari Corridor graffiti that appeared overnight on the Arno side of the almost one-kilometre-long Vasari Corridor.
“Clearly this is not a drunken whim, but a deliberate act,” Uffizi Gallery director Eike Schmidt said in a statement. He said such incidents could carry a penalty of five years in prison in the United States and called for tougher sanctions for those responsible.
“Enough with symbolic punishments and imagined extenuating circumstances. We need a tougher response from the law,” Schmidt said.
Political and cultural leaders condemned the graffiti. This graffiti colosseum in rome And the landmark of Milan Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II.
A series of vandalism has followed across Italy after a group of young German tourists were attacked earlier this month. Sued for destroying priceless 19th-century Italian fountain statueSurveillance camera footage showed the figure tipping over while posing for photos.
Florence’s mayor Dario Nardella has promised a thorough investigation to identify those responsible for the “disgraceful act of vandalism” in the Vasari Corridor.
Designed by Giorgio Vasari, the aerial walkway was commissioned by Duke Cosimo de’ Medici in 1565 to allow the Grand Duke to safely travel from the Palazzo Pitti to Palazzo Vecchio, the seat of government.