Overview
- The 28-year-old tourist, who climbed the Neptune Fountain in Florence’s Piazza della Signoria, was pulled down by nearby officers after Saturday’s stunt.
- Municipal inspectors found “smaller but still significant” damage and set the repair cost at about €5,000.
- Police recorded her details and the city charged her with damaging a protected cultural monument.
- Authorities say she tried to touch the statue’s genitals and stepped on the legs of a marble horse in the basin, which risked breaking fragile stone.
- Officials link the case to a pattern of selfie and dare climbs, citing a 2023 Neptune incident and a 2024 cathedral breach, which may fuel calls for more barriers, cameras, and public warnings.