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  4. American tourist smashes priceless Vatican sculptures after his demand

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  5. US tourist smashes 2 ancient Vatican busts after being denied pope visit

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  1. American tourist smashes two sculptures in the Vatican

    In the Vatican Museums, an American tourist smashed one ancient Roman sculpture deliberately, then broke another as he tried to flee the scene.

  2. US tourist smashes 2 ancient Vatican busts after being denied visit

    Updated Oct. 6, 2022, 12:47 p.m. ET. 340 Comments. An American tourist has been arrested for smashing up two ancient Roman sculptures after being told he couldn't see Pope Francis at the Vatican ...

  3. US tourist smashes ancient Roman busts after not seeing Pope at Vatican

    American Tourist Destroys Sculptures In The Vatican. ... Two busts were smashed by a disgruntled American tourist at the Vatican's Chiaramonti Museum on Wednesday 5 October 2022.

  4. American Tourist Smashes Two 2,000-Year-Old Statues in the Vatican

    An American tourist smashed two 2,000-year-old statues after his request to speak with Pope Francis while visiting the Vatican's Chiaramonti Museum was denied. The disgruntled man directed his ...

  5. American tourist trying to see pope smashes two sculptures at Vatican

    Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni told Adnkronos the tourist, a 65-year-old American born in Egypt, threw two sculptures on two shelves in the gallery to the ground. The tourist, whose name was not ...

  6. American tourist smashed two ancient Roman busts in the Vatican

    October 7, 2022 / 9:45 AM EDT / CBS News. An American tourist visiting the Vatican smashed two ancient Roman busts on Wednesday. The man was reportedly in a "state of agitation" when he threw the ...

  7. Tourist who 'wanted to see the pope' smashes busts at the Vatican

    By Zelda Caldwell. Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 5, 2022 / 15:30 pm. A man visiting the Vatican museums in Rome on Wednesday flung two ancient Roman busts to the ground, causing moderate damage ...

  8. Vatican police detain tourist who smashed ancient Roman busts in museum

    October 6, 2022 at 8:49 a.m. EDT. ROME β€” Police detained an American tourist at a Vatican museum after he disfigured two ancient Roman sculptures by hurling them to the floor, authorities said ...

  9. US tourist smashes 2,000-year-old sculptures at Vatican after being

    Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni told Adnkronos the tourist, a 65-year-old American born in Egypt, threw two sculptures on two shelves in the gallery to the ground.

  10. American Tourist Demands to See Pope, Destroys Two Ancient Vatican

    An American tourist has been arrested after he broke two ancient sculptures at the Vatican when he was told he couldn't see Pope Francis. Per CNN via Italian newspaper Il Messaggero, the unnamed ...

  11. American tourist smashes Vatican sculptures

    An American tourist smashed two ancient Roman sculptures into pieces at the Vatican on Wednesday. ... Calgary salon hosts cut-a-thon to raise money to rebuild Jasper salon destroyed by wildfire.

  12. Tourist Busts Vatican Statues Because He Couldn't See The Pope

    On Oct. 5, 2022, an American tourist visiting the Vatican was apparently so enraged that he wasn't allowed to see the Pope, he threw a tantrum and destroyed two 2,000-year-old Roman sculptures on his way out. As CNN reported, the incident took place in the Museo Chiaramonti, part of the Vatican Museums that holds nearly 1,000 Roman statues ...

  13. American Tourist Who 'Wanted to See the Pope' Smashes Statues at the

    The busts have been moved to the marble-restoration workshop of the Vatican Museums, the report said. Since Italy reopened tourism, on several occasions visitors have damaged or placed the country ...

  14. US tourist breaks busts in Vatican's Chiaramonti Gallery after denied

    US tourist smashes Roman busts in Vatican after denied Pope audience. A US tourist threw a tantrum and cracked two Roman busts in the Vatican after officials denied him an audience with Pope Francis.

  15. Tourist breaks 2,000 year old sculptures in #Vatican Museums

    The man broke the busts after being denied an audience with #ThePope.πŸ‘‰More info: https://www.romereports.com/en/2022/10/06/tourist-breaks-2000-year-old-scul...

  16. American tourist wanting to see the pope attacks art in Vatican Museums

    VATICAN CITY (RNS) β€” An American tourist hurled two ancient Roman busts to the floor in the Vatican Museums on Wednesday (Oct. 5) after being refused an audience with Pope Francis.

  17. Disgruntled American Tourist Smashes Roman Busts at the Vatican

    Jasmine Liu October 7, 2022. The Chiaramonti Museum at the Vatican (via Wikimedia Commons) An American man visiting the Vatican threw two Ancient Roman busts to the ground in a fit of rage after ...

  18. American Tourist Destroys 2,00-Year-Old Busts at the Vatican

    A Man Smashed 2,000-Year-Old Sculptures at the Vatican Because He Was Denied Meeting Pope Francis. It is impossible to put a price on the heads. Two sculptures roughly the age of Jesus Christ took a beating at the Chiaramonti Museum, aka Chiaramonti Sculpture Gallery, in the Vatican on October 5 after an American man in his 50s smashed one and ...

  19. A Disgruntled Tourist Smashed Two 2,000-Year-Old Statues in the Vatican

    Around noon in Rome today, an American tourist requested an audience with Pope Francis while visiting the Vatican's Chiaramonti Museum. When his request was denied, the man, in his 50s, directed ...

  20. American tourist destroys sculptures in the Vatican

    American tourist destroys sculptures in the Vatican. An American tourist smashed two ancient Roman sculptures into pieces at the Vatican after being told he could not meet the pope. unbranded ...

  21. Tourist Breaks 2,000 Year Old Sculptures in Vatican Museums

    A tourist threw two 2,000 year old Roman busts to the ground in the Vatican Museums.It is unclear how the man was able to throw these sculptures down as they...

  22. Tourist smashes 2 statues in the Vatican

    VATICAN CITY β€” Just when you thought the summer of tourists behaving badly was over, another person on vacation wrecks another priceless artifact. This time it's the turn of a tourist who ...