A Swiss teenager has infuriated Italians, after being caught allegedly carving her identify into the partitions of Rome's Colosseum.

The 17-year-old is visiting the Italian capital along with her household and was filmed on Friday apparently vandalising the World Heritage Site.

According to Italian media studies, the younger girl reportedly carved an "N" into one of many brick columns of the virtually 2,000-year-old amphitheatre.

The incident was captured on digital camera by a neighborhood tour information David Battaglino, who instantly alerted safety.

Mr Battaglino mentioned folks shouted on the teenager to cease what she was doing, however she merely shrugged and walked off.

He informed the media outlet Repubblica Roma that he had seen dozens of individuals defacing the historic monument over the past six years.

The tour information added that he had witnessed folks ripping off elements of the Colosseum's wall and was even spat at when he tried to scold a boy for vandalism.

When the dad and mom had been approached by Mr Battaglino, they allegedly made a "gesture of annoyance".

Undeterred, the tour information took a photograph of the household and knowledgeable a safety guard, who known as the police.

The dad and mom and their daughter had been taken by officers for questioning on the police station in Rome's Piazza Venezia, in response to native media.

The teenager may very well be compelled to pay a superb of as much as £12,900 (15,000 euros) or may face two to 5 years in jail.

Her dad and mom defended their daughter's actions and mentioned: "She's just a little girl, she wasn't doing anything wrong."

The incident comes after Italian police recognized a person from England because the suspected perpetrator behind an inscription carved right into a wall of the Colosseum in late June.

Officers haven't named the suspect, however the inscription "Ivan + Hayley 23” provided them with a good clue.

Ivan, wearing a blue flowery shirt, was filmed by a member of the public committing his act of vandalism.

The video was then loaded up to Youtube under the title “Asshole tourist carves name in Colosseum in Rome” and was widely shared on social media.

In the footage, someone can be heard saying: "Serious, man? F***** up, man. Stupid a*******."

According to reports in the Italian press, Ivan is a fitness instructor who lives in Bristol. Police will reportedly send a note to the suspect’s home address, informing him that he is under investigation.

Italy's culture minister, Gennaro Sangiuliano, described the Ivan's actions as "unworthy and an indication of nice incivility".

Many others have additionally defaced the historic amphitheatre the place early Christians had been brutally fed to the lions.

In September 2020, a 32-year-old man from Ireland was allegedly caught utilizing a metallic level to carve his initials right into a pillar on the primary degree of the monument.

He was arrested and charged with damaging a historic landmark. In 2015, two American vacationers had been accused of carving their initials into the Colosseum.

The girls, from California, scratched the letters J and N with a coin, native newspaper Il Messaggero reported.

Afterwards the pair, reported to be 21 and 25, took a selfie. They had been briefly held by Rome's police and questioned.

The 12 months earlier than, a Russian vacationer was fined for engraving the letter Ok into the Colosseum.