Italians tend to be very proud of their ancient and admirable history, so it's not surprising that Mayor Nardella jumped into the fray like this against one of those vandal climate activists:
I don't think you need a degree in Italian to get the jist of what "Che cazzo fa??" means.
Nardella has the right idea. The Palazzo Vecchio is a building rich with history and is absolutely worth protecting:
In 1299, the commune and people of Florence decided to build a palace that would be worthy of the city's importance, and that would be more secure and defensible in times of turbulence for the magistrates of the commune. Arnolfo di Cambio, the architect of the Duomo and the Santa Croce church, began construction upon the ruins of Palazzo dei Fanti and Palazzo dell'Esecutore di Giustizia, once owned by the Uberti family. Giovanni Villani (1276 – 1348) wrote in his Nuova Cronica that the Uberti were "rebels of Florence and Ghibellines", stating that the palazzo was built to ensure that the Uberti family homes would never be rebuilt on the same location.
And the mayor was kind enough to hang around afterwards to help with the cleanup:
The attack on art, culture and beauty, which are helpless in the face of violence and which are born for the good of humanity can never justify the battle for a cause, even the most communal.
