Tourist Who Defaced Colosseum Unaware of Significance
7th July 2023
A tourist who sparked outrage for engraving his initials into a wall of the Colosseum has apologized, saying that he wasn’t aware of the monument’s ancient significance.
Ivan Danailov Dimitrov, 27, in a letter to the city’s prosecutor and mayor, expressed regret for causing damage at the UNESCO World Heritage site while apologizing to the people of Italy and the global community.
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