The man, aged 21 and from New Jersey, was spotted peeing on the steps leading to the famous open-air gallery at around 1:30am on Tuesday.He was swiftly stopped and issued a ticket for “acts contrary to public decency”, which carries a fine of between €5,000 to €10,000.
The Loggia dei Lanzi, which houses several valuable classical and Renaissance statues, is monitored by security guards and surveillance cameras.
According to reports, the man relieved himself next to a statue of Hercules fighting the monster Cacus by the sculptor Bartolommeo Bandinelli, which is at the eastern corner of the Loggia, outside the Palazzo Vecchio in Piazza della Signoria.
