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Ever wonder who tags a lighthouse

Ever wonder who tags a lighthouse? At Rome's Faro del Gianicolo, lovers' scribbles like "Gloria ti amo" turn a 1911 neoclassical monument into an impromptu wall of affection, proving even monumental architecture isn't graffiti-proof.

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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