(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 19 - Venice is upping the fight against
graffiti vandals amid a steep rise in the numbers of 'writers'
who are using the lagoon city to get social media prominence
with their tags, paint daubs, nonsense slogans and banal
declarations of love.
The local cultural protection association 'Masegni e Nizioleti'
says that 80% of the graffiti vandals who leave their mark on
storied buildings are foreigners.
In some cases, the group has been able to trace them thanks to
their social media handles and to report them to police.
Since the start of the year Venice authorities have stepped in
on 12 occasions to clean iconic monuments, palazzi and bridges.
The vandals target the more famous sites, unlike street artists
who have left memorable murals on less iconic parts of the city.
(ANSA).
Venice ups fight against graffiti vandals
Interventions to clean up storied palazzi and bridges rising