Tourist destroys 126-year old statue while taking selfie

Tourist destroys 126-year old statue while taking selfie

LISBON — A 126-year old statue has been reduced to rubble after a tourist climbed up the free-standing structure to take a selfie.

The Dom Sebastiao statue was in honor of Potrtugal’s King between 1554 and 1578 and stood in the Rossio Railway station in Lisbon before being turned into a pile of rocks.

The 24-year old tourist tried to flee, but was later caught by ****** and will face the courts for destruction of public property. His nationality has not been revealed.

Tourist destroys 126-year old statue while taking selfie

Infrastructure Portugal said it currently doesn’t know when it would be fixed.






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