{"id":6525,"date":"2023-04-11T17:07:47","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T17:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/italy-proposes-crackdown-on\/"},"modified":"2023-04-11T17:09:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T17:09:21","slug":"italy-proposes-crackdown-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/italy-proposes-crackdown-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy proposes crackdown on &#8216;eco-vandals&#8217; damaging monuments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ROME (Reuters) &#8211;     Italy&#8217;s government on Tuesday proposed stiffer penalties against those who damage monuments and heritage sites, a statement said, in response to protesters who have targeted artwork and famous landmarks demanding stronger action against climate change.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Those who carry out these acts must also accept financial responsibility,&#8221; Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano said in a statement after a cabinet meeting, proposing fines of up to 60,000 euros ($65,418.00).<\/p>\n<p>The bill is subject to approval by both houses of parliament.<\/p>\n<p>In recent months, climate protesters have blocked traffic and thrown paint or otherwise defaced monuments, famous buildings and paintings in galleries.<\/p>\n<p>Among their targets have been the iconic &#8220;Barcaccia&#8221; fountain in front of the Spanish steps in Rome, the Italian Senate, and Milan&#8217;s La Scala opera house. They also sprayed orange paint over Palazzo Vecchio, in Florence. <\/p>\n<p>In December they blocked a bridge linking Venice to the mainland.<\/p>\n<p>Culture Minister Sangiuliano said cleaning the Senate cost around 40,000 euros.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Attacks on monuments and artistic sites cause economic damage to the community. Cleaning up requires the intervention of highly specialised personnel and the use of very expensive machinery,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>($1 = 0.9172 euros)<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p> (Reporting by Angelo Amante, editing by Gavin Jones and Alex Richardson)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/italy-proposes-crackdown-on\/file-photo-first-new-cabinet-meeting-at-chigi-palace-in\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportWorldNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3A0N2-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3A0N2-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROME (Reuters) &#8211; Italy&#8217;s government on Tuesday proposed stiffer penalties against those who damage monuments and heritage sites, a statement said, in response to protesters who have targeted artwork and famous landmarks demanding stronger action against climate change. &#8220;Those who carry out these acts must also accept financial responsibility,&#8221; Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano said in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":6526,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1222],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-u-s-world-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportWorldNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3A0N2-VIEWIMAGE.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6527,"href":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6525\/revisions\/6527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}