https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The latest incident of vandalism at Rome's treasured Colosseum comes just days after another tourist carved their initials into the monument. https://www.thelocal.it/20190430/tourist-caught-vandalising-colosseum-in-rome Tue, 30 Apr 2019 13:27:43 +0200 tourist-caught-vandalising-colosseum-in-rome A beam of silver light erases scrawled black letters on Florence's historic Ponte Vecchio, as "Angels" wielding a revolutionary new laser wage war on graffiti in the UNESCO site. https://www.thelocal.it/20190308/worlds-first-graffiti-busting-laser-helps-florences-angels Fri, 08 Mar 2019 09:39:37 +0100 worlds-first-graffiti-busting-laser-helps-florences-angels A giant frieze depicting the history of Rome on the walls lining the River Tiber has been damaged by graffiti writers, to the dismay of its creator, William Kentridge. https://www.thelocal.it/20170331/graffiti-vandals-damage-kentridge-rome-frieze Fri, 31 Mar 2017 17:28:30 +0200 graffiti-vandals-damage-kentridge-rome-frieze In a bid to put an end to the scrawls which cover the walls of Florence's cathedral, city authorities have invited tourists to leave their messages digitally. https://www.thelocal.it/20170227/florence-invites-digital-art-in-bid-to-save-duomo-from-graffiti Mon, 27 Feb 2017 11:00:22 +0100 florence-invites-digital-art-in-bid-to-save-duomo-from-graffiti British street artist Banksy's only known surviving work in Italy - a Naples mural entitled "Madonna with a pistol" - has been placed under a protective cover in the hope of preserving it. https://www.thelocal.it/20160406/banksys-italian-madonna-placed-under-protection-in-naples Wed, 06 Apr 2016 18:48:41 +0200 banksys-italian-madonna-placed-under-protection-in-naples Artist Mauro Pallotta's painting of Pope Francis as a superhero on a wall near Rome's St Peter's Square received worldwide coverage this week. Pallotta said he wanted to portray how, like a comic book hero, the Pope uses his power and authority "for good". https://www.thelocal.it/20140130/the-graffiti-artist-who-made-pope-francis-a-superhero Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:17:00 +0100 the-graffiti-artist-who-made-pope-francis-a-superhero Pope Francis as superman, flying through the air with his white cape billowing out behind him: the image graffitied by an anonymous artist onto a wall in Rome was tweeted by the Vatican on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140129/vatican-tweets-graffiti-of-hero-pope-francis Wed, 29 Jan 2014 09:42:00 +0100 vatican-tweets-graffiti-of-hero-pope-francis Two men have been charged after spray-painting anti-Jewish slurs, including “Holocaust lies”, in northern Rome's Clodio Square. https://www.thelocal.it/20140127/two-men-charged-for-anti-jewish-graffiti-in-rome Mon, 27 Jan 2014 18:07:00 +0100 two-men-charged-for-anti-jewish-graffiti-in-rome