“We are continuing our fight to defend the beauty of our city against those who deface it. We thank the Angeli del Bello (a group of volunteers that remove graffiti manually) and El.En for granting the city the opportunity to use this highly advanced technology to remove drawings and writing on our city’s ancient buildings,” says Mayor Dario Nardella (pictured). “We would like to also apply this method to clean up other exteriors throughout the city.”
While preventing the destruction of public property will continue to remain an issue, technology like this helps aid in combating the graffiti problem by making the removal process easier.
To read more in Italian, visit Florence’s La Repubblica news site. (kelsey lentz)