Rome Spanish Steps scooter

According to Rome's police, the woman "purposely launched the scooter" down the 18th century Trinità de Monti staircase. Italian newspaper La Repubblica said ...

Italian newspaper La Repubblica said they caused €25,000 (£21,400) in damage. A 28-year-old woman and 29-year-old man were caught on camera at the world heritage site in the early hours of last Friday morning. A 28-year-old woman and 29-year-old man were caught on camera at the world heritage site in the early hours of last Friday morning, with the woman deliberately throwing her scooter down the 18th century staircase.

AN American tourist who caused more than £20000 worth of damage to Rome's iconic Spanish Steps when she threw an e-scooter down them has been fined.

Police have not released either of the tourists' names. He said he had been on his way home from a nightclub with a Romanian woman he had me that night when he drove down the steps before trying to reverse back up them. The woman threw [the e-scooter] down the steps three times, just for funLa Repubblica It wrote: "The woman threw [the e-scooter] down the steps three times, just for fun." The woman and a man, aged 29, were filmed on the steps by a passerby, with the footage going viral after being published by several Italian news sites. In the footage, the woman, who Italian authorities said was a US tourist, hurls the rented e-scooter down the steps in an apparent tantrum.

When in Rome, don't do this. A tourist in Italy chucked an electric scooter down the city's historic Spanish Steps, causing about $27,000 worth of damage.

The woman also received an additional charge with a complaint for damage to a monument property for purposefully throwing the e-scooter down the stairs. On top of the fines, Sky News states that the pair were also banned from heading to the Piazza di Spagna for two days. The same post article continues to report that the woman he was with then proceeds to throw her own scooter down the steps not once, but twice, causing a number of them to crack.

A pair of American tourists were fined after one of them was caught on video hurling an electric scooter down Rome's Spanish Steps — causing more than ...

They were then allowed to return to their hotel, while their scooters were confiscated, reported the evening paper il Corriere della Sera. When that tourist was arrested by police in Milan days later, he blamed the Roman incident on his GPS device, which he claimed sent him down the wrong street and ultimately the Spanish Steps. The unnamed man was charged with damaging the monument and agreed to pay for its repair. According to the newspaper La Repubblica, the woman hurled the scooter twice more after that “for sheer amusement,” causing cracks in the marble steps.

The incident comes just weeks after a Saudi Arabian businessman took a wrong turn and drove his Maserati Levante SUV down the 18th-century marble steps.

Italians know them as "La Scalinata (Staircase) di Trinita dei Monti," a reference to the church at the top. Police apprehended the Saudi Arabian national at Milan’s Malpensa airport as he attempted to leave the country. Security camera footage from the early hours of last Friday morning night appears to show a 28-year-old woman hurling her scooter down the famous curved marble stairway.

An American tourist was caught on camera “purposefully” throwing her rental scooter down Rome's iconic Spanish Steps causing £21000 worth of damage.

Further findings from the Capitol Superintendent will ascertain the exact amount of damages.” The 28-year-old woman was filmed chucking the electric scooter down the final few steps of the Italian landmark. n American tourist was caught on camera “purposefully” throwing her rental scooter down Rome’s iconic Spanish Steps causing £21,000 worth of damage.

A pair of American tourists were fined after one of them was caught on video hurling an electric scooter down Rome's Spanish Steps — causing more than ...

They were then allowed to return to their hotel, while their scooters were confiscated, reported the evening paper il Corriere della Sera. When that tourist was arrested by police in Milan days later, he blamed the Roman incident on his GPS device, which he claimed sent him down the wrong street and ultimately the Spanish Steps. The unnamed man was charged with damaging the monument and agreed to pay for its repair. According to the newspaper La Repubblica, the woman hurled the scooter twice more after that “for sheer amusement,” causing cracks in the marble steps.

The latest damage to the Spanish Steps, one of Rome's biggest tourist attractions and a backdrop in Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck's 1953 film Roman Holiday, ...

After two long years of stunted tourism numbers due to COVID-19, Italy dropped its COVID travel restrictions on June 1. American tourists have also done their fair share of damage to Italy’s historical monuments. Police reportedly caught up with the tourists and fined them €400 euros each.

In the past 300 years, the Spanish Steps in Rome have been descended by artists, poets and lovers. They have provided a sweeping backdrop for fashion shows ...

“Instead of turning right, he turned left and found himself on the staircase,” he said. The pair were each fined 400 euros (about $430), the release said. They have provided a sweeping backdrop for fashion shows and selfies, and have featured in dozens of films, including 1953’s “Roman Holiday,” starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck. Widely circulated video showed the woman shoving her scooter down the stairs while a handful of people looked on. That offense is punishable by up to one year in jail or a fine of at least 2,000 euros ($2,130). The pair were not named.