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Tourist Charged After Climbing Florence’s Neptune Fountain, €5K Damage

4/24/2026

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A 28-year-old tourist was charged with defacing Florence’s Neptune fountain after climbing the marble statue.
City experts said the climb broke the horses’ legs and frieze, costing €5,000, and warned that such disrespect undermines civic responsibility.
Florence welcomes roughly 16 million visitors annually, a flow officials link to rising monument-climbing challenges and repeat cases such as a 2023 German tourist.

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A 28-year-old tourist was charged with defacing Florence’s Neptune fountain after climbing the marble statue.
City experts said the climb broke the horses’ legs and frieze, costing €5,000, and warned that such disrespect undermines civic responsibility.
Florence welcomes roughly 16 million visitors annually, a flow officials link to rising monument-climbing challenges and repeat cases such as a 2023 German tourist.