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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Amelia Neath

Historic Florence fountain damaged by tourist’s ‘pre-wedding challenge’

The over 400-year-old Fountain of Neptune is a staple of the Piazza della Signoria in Florence - (Getty)

A tourist in Florence allegedly damaged a 16th-century fountain as part of a “pre-wedding challenge” to touch a statue’s private parts.

The city of Florence said a female visitor climbed up the Fountain of Neptune, known as the “Biancone”, in Piazza della Signoria and left it damaged.

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