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'Atheist' caught peeing on famed Italian church
The man was caught urinating on the door of the Sante Croce church in Florence. Photo: FreePenguin
Published: 25 Sep 2014 15:17 GMT+02:00
Updated: 25 Sep 2014 15:17 GMT+02:00
A man caught urinating on the door of the Santa Croce church in Florence, one of Italy's most famous churches and the burial place of Michelangelo, justified his behaviour by claiming to be a non-believer.
The 24-year-old from Livorno was caught by police patrolling the area in the early hours of Thursday morning and quickly defended the act by saying “I'm an atheist”, La Nazione reported.
He now faces charges of performing an obscene act in a public place.
The church is the burial gound of Renaissance artist Michelangelo and the Italian physicist, engineer and philosopher, Galileo Galilei.
http://www.thelocal.it/20140925/atheist-caught-urinating-on-famed-florence-church
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...someone has relieved themselves/availed themselves of the opportunity to
...piss in the piazza -
From the same local source:
Peeing American girl sparks Florentine fury
Residents of Florence, the birthplace of the Renaissance, have been given another reason to lament foreigners in their fine city after an American girl was caught urinating at a taxi rank in the heart of the city.
Taxi drivers and people sitting in Piazza Santa Croce looked on with dismay when, shortly before midnight on Thursday, an American girl crouched down between two cars and took a pee, the Florence edition of Corriere reported.
The scene was caught on camera by a taxi driver, who told the newspaper: “I couldn’t believe my eyes”.
“There were two girls,” he added.
“At first, I thought one had dropped her purse when I saw her bending down between the cars…but instead she was taking a pee. Others looked on with anger, but I wasn’t able to resist such a shameful scene, so I yelled at them in English, ‘animals’!”
Florence residents have long complained about foreigners behaving badly in their city.
City councillor Mario Razzanelli said last June that Piazza Santa Croce had become “an open-air brothel” after an American couple was caught having sex under the statue of mediaeval poet Dante Alighieri.
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In October, a German tourist was told to clean Florence's famous Ponte Vecchio fined €160 after his daughter drew on it with a felt-tip pen.
Residents of Florence, the birthplace of the Renaissance, have been given another reason to lament foreigners in their fine city after an American girl was caught urinating at a taxi rank in the heart of the city.
Taxi drivers and people sitting in Piazza Santa Croce looked on with dismay when, shortly before midnight on Thursday, an American girl crouched down between two cars and took a pee, the Florence edition of Corriere reported.
The scene was caught on camera by a taxi driver, who told the newspaper: “I couldn’t believe my eyes”.
“There were two girls,” he added.
“At first, I thought one had dropped her purse when I saw her bending down between the cars…but instead she was taking a pee. Others looked on with anger, but I wasn’t able to resist such a shameful scene, so I yelled at them in English, ‘animals’!”
Florence residents have long complained about foreigners behaving badly in their city.
City councillor Mario Razzanelli said last June that Piazza Santa Croce had become “an open-air brothel” after an American couple was caught having sex under the statue of mediaeval poet Dante Alighieri.
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In October, a German tourist was told to clean Florence's famous Ponte Vecchio fined €160 after his daughter drew on it with a felt-tip pen.
The part you left out of your op:
Father Antonio di Marcantonio, its rector, has long lamented the drunken behaviour and vandalism in the Santa Croce area at night.
In February, an American student was caught peeing in Piazza Santa Croce, a stone’s throw from the church, while tourists have also been caught vandalizing the city’s famous bridge, Ponte Vecchio.
In February, an American student was caught peeing in Piazza Santa Croce, a stone’s throw from the church, while tourists have also been caught vandalizing the city’s famous bridge, Ponte Vecchio.
Wow, those atheists really get around.
