Tag: Vandals

Vandals Damage Divisive Photo by American Artist Andres Serrano at French Exhibit

PARIS (AP).- Police questioned witnesses on Monday in their search for a man who took a hammer to a controversial photograph of a crucifix bathed in urine at an art exhibition in an Avignon museum. The modern art museum, the Collection Lambert, in sou…

Famous Christian Landmark Tree, The Glastonbury Holy Thorn Tree, Chopped Down

LONDON (AP).- British police were searching Friday for vandals who chopped down a thorn tree venerated for centuries by Christians. The Glastonbury Holy Thorn Tree, said to have links to the earliest days of Christianity in England, has been reduced to…

Prehistoric Rock Art at the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area was Damaged by Spray-painted Graffiti

LAS VEGAS (AP).- Authorities are offering a $2,500 reward for information about vandals who spray-painted graffiti over prehistoric rock art at the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area in Nevada. The federal Bureau of Land Management and supporte…

Save Villa Borghese, Italy Environmentalists Cry

ROME (REUTERS).- Environmental and cultural heritage groups appealed to city officials Thursday to stop the “massacre” of Villa Borghese park by banning pop concerts and big screen events they say lure vandals and lager louts. The villa’s secret garden…

Italian Capital of Rome Grapples with Endless Vandalism

ROME (AP).- They knock the noses off statues in a park that was a favorite haunt of poet John Keats and throw dye into the iconic Trevi Fountain. Vandals are increasingly on the prowl in the Eternal City — and now Italian authorities are fighting …

Italian Capital of Rome Grapples with Endless Vandalism

ROME (AP).- They knock the noses off statues in a park that was a favorite haunt of poet John Keats and throw dye into the iconic Trevi Fountain. Vandals are increasingly on the prowl in the Eternal City — and now Italian authorities are fighting …

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