A Japanese teenager who was caught on video daubing graffiti on the Duomo in Florence flew back to the Renaissance city at her own expense to apologize, Italian media report.
The 19-year-old fashion student from Japan’s Gifu University also offered 600 euros, television and news agency reports said.
“We accept the apologies and we accept the money exceptionally for the gesture’s great sense of civility,” said the Duomo’s chief curator Anna Mitrano, flanked by the university’s visiting rector, Yukitoshi Matsuda.
The incident, which took place in February and was captured on film, was one of several involving Japanese visitors in recent months.
Mitrano noted that 2008 marked the 30th year of a friendship pact between Florence and Gifu.
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