Briton sparks outrage in Italy as she walks naked up the majestic steps of Amalfi Cathedral for a photoshoot draped in flowing red fabric to create a ‘personal memory’
- A trio of people, including two Britons, took part in the photoshoot
- Local reports said the subject was an influencer and the other his assistant
- Footage from their photoshoot showed the ‘influencer’ striking risque poses atop the high steps of Amalfi Cathedral, using only a red veil to cover her naked body
- But the cops stopped them, and they wouldn’t have had permission
- They later told officials they were just tourists creating a ‘personal memory’
A Briton has sparked outrage in Italy by posing nude at the top of the majestic steps of Amalfi Cathedral for a photo op.
Using nothing but a flowing red veil to cover herself, the woman stunned early-morning locals on Monday morning with the risque display.
Local Italian news outlets reported the woman was an influencer, who said she was creating a ‘personal memory’ with two other tourists – another British woman, her assistant and a male ‘photographer’ apparently from South America. North.
A Briton sparked outrage in Italy by posing nude atop the majestic steps of Amalfi Cathedral for a photo op (pictured)
The steps leading to the entrance of Sant’Andrea Cathedral are long and rise above a square in which there are dozens of small shops, cafes and restaurants.
Footage from the photoshoot shows workers, interrupting their task of unloading boxes ready for the coming week, to instead film the spectacle at the top of the stairs.
Video recorded from a window in a residence above one of the many establishments shows the woman striking various alluring poses for the camera.
Using nothing but a flowing red veil to cover herself, the woman (pictured) stunned early-morning locals on Monday morning with the risque display, complete with her ‘photographer’ and ‘assistant’
Pictured: The woman is seen posing outside the iron doors of Sant’Andrea Cathedral
She lets the red veil flow over her body in a way clearly meant to accentuate her figure, with the bronze doors of the famous cathedral as a backdrop.
Her assistant is seen spreading the veil over the steps as the woman poses, to create a striking red image contrasting with the stone steps.
The man is shown walking around the woman as she poses, takes pictures or films the scene. A mural depicting Jesus is seen above the doors behind her.
The steps leading to the entrance of Sant’Andrea Cathedral are long and rise above a square in which there are dozens of small shops, cafes and restaurants. Footage from the photoshoot shows workers, interrupting their task of unloading boxes ready for the coming week, to instead film the spectacle at the top of the stairs
The photoshoot would likely have lasted longer, but local police broke up the trio before they could finish, local newspaper Il Mattino reported, after passers-by phoned authorities.
Reports say the trio did not have the proper permissions for the photo shoot.
While reports suggest they were allowed to leave at the time by officers, local officials – after hearing about the incident – caught up with them before they left Amalfi, and they been reprimanded for “lewd acts in a public place”.
They were also warned against further sharing the photographs.
Pictured: A view of Sant’Andrea Cathedral in Amalfi, one of the most famous attractions on Italy’s Amalfi Coast
The incident sparked outrage among Italians, who were angry at the woman and her cohort for staging the photoshoot at the historic and religious site.
‘Undress[ing] evil in front of a cathedral of considerable importance [is] sordid and unacceptable…shame!’ one person wrote on Facebook.
Another wrote: ‘The scandal is not that she did a nude photoshoot, but that she chose the front of a church as the location.’
A third person questioned how the people in the pictures were given permission to carry out the photo shoot, saying they needed the correct permission when using the stairs to take pictures for their child’s christening.
Sant’Andrea Cathedral itself is nestled between the mountains and the sea in the Bay of Salerno, on the southwest coast of Italy.
It was founded in the 9th century and rebuilt in the 11th century in the Romanesque style, then remodeled several times.
The facade and atrium date from the 1800s, but the carved bronze doors were cast in Constantinople around the year 1000, making it an artifact of cultural significance.
