Tourist defaces ancient Roman wall on vacation, angering Italian authorities

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A 27-year-old man from the Netherlands got into hot water with Italian authorities after he allegedly wrote his graffiti signature on an ancient wall in Herculaneum.

A young man from the Netherlands was reprimanded by Italian police after he allegedly vandalized a historic Roman wall while on holiday. The incident took place in Herculaneum, an Ancient Roman town that – like Pompeii – was covered in volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. In a press release published Monday, the Carabinieri, an Italian law enforcement agency, explained that the tourist 'signed' the walls of a domus in the town on Sunday night.

-year-old Dutchman, on holiday in Campania, decided to leave a sign of his passage, writing with a marker on the ancient stuccoes of a house torn from the ashes of Vesuvius,' the police's statement read. 'A signature, with a black marker, indelible.' 'The man was immediately identified and reported for damage and smearing of artistic works.

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