Photos of a tourist grinding on and kissing an iconic statue have sparked outrage in one of Italy’s most famous cities.
The unknown tourist was photographed climbing onto the replica of Giambologna’s Bacchus before posing inappropriately.
Patrizia Asproni, from Confcultura, a cultural heritage organisation, told LBC: ‘Florence is a city that does not make visitors respect it.
‘These continuous manifestations of rudeness and incivility occur because everyone feels entitled to do what they want with impunity.’
Bacchus is the Roman God of agriculture, wine and fertility, equivalent to the Greek god Dionysus.
The original sculpture is kept in a…
