Colosseum defacement, retort to tourist asking for IBAN: we provided it to him

Who will be right in the IBAN-gate unfolding around the affair of the tourist who had defaced the Colosseum this summer? The story is well known: a young Englishman, on June 23, had damaged a brick wall by carving his and his girlfriend’s names with a sharp object. Caught on video spread on social media, he was identified: the tourist then sincerely repented and took action to pay for the damage (quantified at about 1,000 euros), complaining, however, that no one, despite his reminders, would give him the IBAN. Close on its heels, however, came the reply from the Colosseum Archaeological Park, which is keen to point out that it promptly took action immediately after receiving the request.

The institute, after reporting the incident to the Piazza Venezia Carabinieri Command, says it no longer received any official communication regarding the criminal case from the judicial authority, nor from the delegated police bodies. Specifically, “no request,” the Park stresses, “has been received from the Local Police of Roma Capitale, which, according to press reports, was delegated to acquire the Iban of the same Park.”

Only last October 3, the Colosseum points out, an email (“moreover, not at the official address of the Park,” they specify) was delivered for the first time in so many months, containing the request of the lawyer Maria Valentina Miceli to be able to acquire the IBAN of the Colosseum Archaeological Park, in order to allow the assisted to define its legal position through the payment of the amount related to the costs of restoration. On Monday, October 9, the Colosseum Archaeological Park forwarded all the information necessary for the successful completion of the settlement.

“On the merits,” the institute concludes in a note, “it should be noted that the Colosseum Archaeological Park, reaffirming its commitment to preserving cultural heritage, has always activated maximum and timely cooperation with the judicial authority and police forces in order to counter and repress any act against the cultural heritage and to ensure that those who cause damage must be personally accountable for their conduct.”

Colosseum defacement, retort to tourist asking for IBAN: we provided it to him

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