They attach images to the glass of Botticelli's Venus: 20 thousand euro fine each for the two activists

A fine of 20,000 euros each for the two Ultima Generazione activists who on the afternoon of Feb. 13, 2024, had attached pictures of last fall’s Campi Bisenzio flood to the protective glass of the Uffizi’s Botticelli Venus using scotch tape. The gesture had been accompanied by these words from Last Generation: “We attached images with scotch tape to the glass of Botticelli’s Birth of Venus of the Campi Bisenzio flood photos last fall to demand a Reparation Fund to the damages of these climatic catastrophes. We are back in action despite the precautionary measures and the risk of going to jail for violating them. We are back in action because it is the right thing to do.”

Making the sanction known was Ultima Generazione itself with a long post on social media accompanied by images, including that of the fine report, where the motivation reads, "By doing so they were in fact partially covering up the beauty of the Botticelli painting, making it not visible in its entirety, preventing the asset from being able to ensure aesthetic and cultural ’enjoyment. As a result of this de facto conduct, he rendered the cultural asset unavailable to the hundreds of visitors present inside the Uffizi Gallery from different parts of Italy and the world to admire Botticelli’s masterpiece.

This is the first application of the law against ecovandals, number 6 of Jan. 22, 2024, which provides for an administrative penalty for anyone who destroys, disperses, deteriorates or renders wholly or partially unserviceable, or unusable, cultural or landscape property owned by himself or others.

They attach images to the glass of Botticelli's Venus: 20 thousand euro fine each for the two activists

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