Who Was The Tourist Who Carved His Name Into Rome’s Ancient Colosseum?

A tourist in Italy was caught on film carving names into the wall of Rome’s ancient Colosseum last month.

The video went viral on social media, sparking outrage and drawing heavy criticism from Italy’s culture and tourism ministries.

Authorities vowed to track down the English-speaking man and quickly identified him as Ivan Dimitrov, a 27-year-old fitness instructor living in Bristol, UK.

Tourist goes viral after scratching name into the Colosseum

At the end of June, Dimitrov was captured on camera scoring his and his girlfriend’s name into the brick wall of Rome’s Colosseum.

Using a key, he wrote ‘Ivan + Hayley 23’ into the

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