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A Photo Gone Wrong in the Uffizi Fuels Selfie Worries in Europe’s Museums

The damage to a centuries-old painting in the Italian museum was just one of many tourist incidents raising ire on the continent.

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A blank space on the wall at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, where a painting of Ferdinando de’ Medici hung until a tourist damaged it on Saturday.

A Photo Gone Wrong in the Uffizi Worries Europe’s Museums

The damage to a centuries-old painting in the Italian museum was just one of many tourist incidents raising ire on the continent.

© Claudio Giovannini/EPA, via Shutterstock

A blank space on the wall at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, where a painting of Ferdinando de’ Medici hung until a tourist damaged it on Saturday.
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