Italy: Tourist fined for climbing on Rome’s Pantheon

Rome: An American tourist, 26, was fined after being caught by Rome police while attempting to climb the dome of the Pantheon at dawn on Friday.

Firefighters intervened with a ladder to help the man down, reports Italian newspaper La Repubblica, whose headline described the individual as “a drunk tourist”.

The man had almost reached the dome when police arrived – according to La Repubblica – and who allegedly informed officers that he was “a climbing expert”.

The incident occurred the same week that the Spanish Steps were damaged after a tourist drove a Maserati down the famed staircase.