In 2014, a Russian tourist who carved his initials onto the Colosseum was handed a four-month suspended sentence and fined €20,000 (£17,000).

A Swiss teenager has infuriated Italians, after being caught allegedly carving her name into the walls of Rome's Colosseum. The 17-year-old is visiting the Italian capital with her family and was ...

In previous centuries, people wrote their names on the Colosseum walls to show they'd visited. Some writings date back 2,000 years, experts have said.

The video, which was uploaded to YouTube, shows the tourist carving what appears to be “Ivan + Hayley 23” into the wall of the nearly 2,000-year-old Colosseum in Rome.

Two more European tourists were caught this month defacing the nearly 2,000-year-old Colosseum in Rome, a local military spokesperson told CNN.

American tourist climbs over fence at Colosseum, impales himself on spike Rome’s Colosseum, pictured in August 2023, was the site of a gruesome incident late last week.

A tourist, who was filmed etching his and his girlfriend's name into the Colosseum, has apologised to the Mayor of Rome and claimed he did not realise how old the historic site was. On June 27, a ...

[1/3]View of the Colosseum dungeons which have been restored in a multi-million euro project sponsored by fashion group Tod's in Rome, Italy, June 24 2021. Picture taken June 24 2021.

An Irish tourist has been accused of vandalizing Rome’s Colosseum after security staff spotted him allegedly carving his initials into the ancient Italian structure. The Carabinieri police said ...