Trapped and Injured: How an American Tourist’s Daredevil Climb at the Colosseum Turned Into a Nightmarish Ordeal
According to the outlet, the spokesperson could not provide any further details, as “an investigation by the Italian police force is ongoing at the moment.”
The spokesperson further claimed that no tourist had attempted to climb the fence. They also emphasized that the fence was manned by dozens of staff members at the time of the purported incident. That said, it is unclear what, exactly, Italian police were investigating if these reports were indeed “fake news.”
While the truth surrounding this incident remains murky, it is not the only time in recent years that tourists have caused problems in Rome and beyond.
Other Troubles With Tourists In Italy
Ryan LutzA tourist carving his name into the Colosseum.
In June 2023, an American tourist named Ryan Lutz filmed a man carving “Ivan + Hayley 23/6/23” onto the wall of the Roman Colosseum with a set of keys. Lutz said he confronted the vandal after he noticed him “blatantly carving his name” into the 2,000-year-old monument.
A year prior, in 2022, three other tourist-related incidents made international headlines.
The first involved a tourist who pushed an electric scooter down Rome’s 18th-century Spanish Steps, causing €25,000 (around $28,100) worth of damage. Two other tourists, meanwhile, were reprimanded for riding motorized surfboards in Venice’s Grand Canal.
Polizia Roma CapitaleTourists riding down the Spanish Steps.
And in October 2022, an American tourist visiting the Vatican became enraged after he was denied an audience with Pope Francis, smashing two ancient Roman statues in an angry fit. That tourist, who was around 65 years old at the time, had also been cited previously for public indecency in the United States.
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