Florence, churchyards are watered to avoid bivouacs

The anti-bivouac operation that Florence Mayor Dario Nardella had announced yesterday started today. To dissuade tourists from sitting on the steps of churches to eat or bivouac, the first citizen of the Tuscan capital this morning had the basilicas of Santa Croce and Santo Spirito, two of the city’s most treasured (and therefore visited) houses of worship, sprayed with copious amounts of soapy water. He documented the whole thing with a live broadcast on his Facebook page.

Nardella, as mentioned, had announced the measure yesterday, speaking on a radio broadcast: the idea is to go through with fire hydrants around lunchtime so as to avert the “assault” of tourists on the churchyards of Florentine churches. With the side effect of keeping them clean. Too bad only that, with the heat of summer, the “anti-tourist” measure is destined to last only a handful of minutes...

Pictured: the facade of the Basilica of Santa Croce

Florence, churchyards are watered to avoid bivouacs

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