(ANSA) - Florence, March 30 - Florence is to sluice down the
steps in front of its iconic churches and hose down its
Renaissance pavements to stop tourists camping out on them,
Mayor Dario Nardella said Tuesday.
"We'll sweep by at lunch time on the church steps and on the
pavements of the streets where there are more grocer's shops to
wet and cleanse the paving stones," said Nardella.
He said "tourists will get wet if they want to sit down and
so perhaps we'll have a few less tourists camping out on the
pavements".
Nardella said the move was aimed at "upholding the decorum of
the city, which is marred by these bivouacs".
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