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| Subject: Italy: Ban motherfucking just about everything Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:20 pm | |
| Don't chow, bella! At least not on the steps of Roman monuments.
City Hall is banning all those enjoying a Roman holiday this year from snacking near the sights in Rome's historical centre with fines up to 50 euro ($A81).
Officials say they want to preserve artistic treasures and decorum in a city that has millions of visitors every year.
The ordinance also bans the homeless from setting up makeshift beds and cracks down on drunks, litterbugs and night time revellers loitering in central areas.
It says unless the situation is "kept under control", misbehaving visitors will "irreparably damage the preservation of historical and art areas and monuments and the possibility to enjoy them".
The ban, passed on July 10, began this weekend and stays in effect until the end of October.
Rome - which also passed a crackdown on street vendors - is the latest Italian city to take steps to protect its monuments and limit the effects of mass tourism.
Venice banned picnics in public places and bare torsos in St Mark's Square, while Florence is clamping down on squeegee men who wash the windshields of idling cars and demand payment.
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CovOps
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| Subject: Re: Italy: Ban motherfucking just about everything Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:25 pm | |
| Fuck 'em!
BOYCOTT ITALY! |
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