“I didn’t know it was so old”, confesses a young man who wrote his name in the Colosseum in Rome | VIDEO

The Turist Ivan Dimitrov 27 years old, who lives in Bristol board (United Kingdom) with his girlfriend, Hayley Bracey, and that he wrote their names on one of the walls of the Rome Coliseum sought an apology in a letter sent to the Public Prosecutor’s Office RomeMayor, Roberto Gualtieriand to the city council of the Italian capital in which he assures that he was unaware of the antiquity of the monument.

“I admit with total shame that it was only after what unfortunately happened that I found out about the antiquity of the monument”, wrote the young man of Bulgarian origin in the letter published today by the Roman newspaper “Il Messaggero”.

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The two were visiting the Italian capital during a three-week trip to Europe and during a visit to the Colosseum, the man wrote the phrase “Ivan+Hayley 23″ on a wall, as can be seen in a video posted by another tourist on a platform that went viral.

Tourist performs an act of vandalism in the Colosseum in Rome

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The Italian Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiulianopromised then that this act of vandalism would be prosecuted and after the Carabineros tracked the images from the security cameras and the hotel records and managed to identify the tourist while they were in Bulgaria.

Sangiuliano assured that in the event of a complaint, the Ministry of Culture will present itself as a civil party. It is unknown if any legal proceedings have been opened against the young man.

According to the newspaper, the young man immediately apologized for his gesture and told the Carabineros that he was very sorry and also worried about the consequences of his act, since it was explained to him that he risks a prison sentence of two to five years and a fine of between 2,500 and 15,000 euros.

“Aware of the seriousness of the act committed, with these lines I would like to address my most sincere and sincere apologies to the Italians and the whole world for the damage caused to a property that is, in fact, the heritage of all humanity.”, he wrote in the letter.

Above all, he apologizes to the city council of Rome that “with dedication, care and sacrifice they guard the inestimable historical and artistic value of the Colosseum” and then tries to justify himself by adding that “only later did he learn of the antiquity of the monument”.

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This is not the first time that visitors to the huge amphitheater have decided to vandalize its walls.

Last summer a Canadian tourist was surprised by the security agents of the Colosseum while writing her name with a stone on the same walls. On that occasion, the guards were able to quickly alert the police, who went to the scene and reported the visitor.

Source: Elcomercio

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