World News 10-12-2004 who: Councillor for the environment, Claudio Del Lungo what: Bans 4x4 vehicles from city centre where: Florence when: Yesterday snippet: "Since the vehicles technically do not form a car class of their own in Italy, Florence has had to come up with a loophole to keep them at bay," says The Telegraph. "City hall has therefore announced that it will refuse access to any cars over 1,800 kilos in weight, and with tyres greater than 70 cm in diameter." Elsewhere in news of Italian civic legislation, The Independent reports that Verona`s city government has banned tourists from sticking love notes to the medieval walls of the Casa di Giulietta, which is legendarily the inspiration for the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet. [... more]

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