Tourist thrown out of Venice for sunbathing topless on war memorial

A Venice tourist from the Czech Republic who was sunbathing topless on a war memorial was fined $513 and banned from the city for 48 hours.

(CNN) — A female tourist was thrown out of Venice after she was caught posing for photos topless on a war memorial.

The 30-year-old from the Czech Republic stripped off last Friday afternoon, dumping her belongings on the monument -- which pays homage to Italy's war heroes -- as she went for a swim in the freezing lagoon, and then lay beside the statue of a murdered female partisan to pose for photos.

She was banned from Venice for 48 hours and fined $513.