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A female tourist has sparked outrage in Florence after clambering onto a monument to simulate sex with a famed statue.
The blonde tourist, whose nationality is not yet known, was seen climbing up to Giambologna's Bacchus in the Borgo San Jacopo area of the Italian city before pretending to kiss the bronze statue.
The unnamed woman, wearing denim shorts and a black t-shirt, also stood in front of the sculpture while grinding her rear against it as a friend took photos.
The second woman, in black shorts and a white t-shirt, was pictured kneeling in front of the statue, seemingly imitating a sex act.
Now officials have demanded a harsh 'zero tolerance' crackdown on disrespectful holidaymakers.
'Florence is a city that does not make visitors respect it. These continuous manifestations of rudeness and incivility occur because everyone feels entitled to do what they want with impunity,' Patrizia Asproni from Confcultura, a cultural heritage organisation, said.
She urged: 'We need to apply the "Singapore model": tight controls, very high fines, zero tolerance.'
Police chief Antonella Ranaldi said: 'Tourists are welcome, but there must be respect for our monuments, whether they are originals or copies. Also because I doubt that this lady, who has my blame, knows the difference.'
Marco Passeri, a former councillor for Florence, asked: 'Are we sure we need this kind of tourists in Florence?'
An outraged resident had posted images of the tourists on a local Facebook group, writing: 'Here is the respect for Florence,' as she criticised tourism in the Italian city.
For the image of one of the tourists kneeling in front of the statue, she added an emoji on top, seemingly to hide the sexual act the woman was imitating.
The footage quickly went viral in Italy, with one resident writing online: 'We should force tourists to take a test on Florence before they can set foot in the city.'
Others have called for the female tourists to go to prison over the 'sexual' photoshoot with the statue.
The statue the woman was pictured with is a replica of the original bronze Bacchus, which was created by Giambologna in the 1560s and is kept at the Bargello Museum.
It was replaced by the replica in 2006 and stands on top of an original ancient marble fountain called 'del Centauro', which the tourists had to scale to reach the statue.
Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk
