Hundreds of protesters stormed the Roman Colosseum and clashed with police at the historic gates as the demonstrations in France spread to Italy over the weekend. The protesters, many of them young and waving Palestinian flags, were seen cheering and yelling inside the 2,000-year-old arena during the demonstrations in Rome as security forces pushed them out. The tense scene was one of many across the country on Saturday as thousands marched in the streets of Rome, Milan, Turin and other cities to protest the current cost-of-living crisis and the ongoing war in Gaza.
Young protesters waving Palestinian flags stormed the gates of Rome’s Colosseum this weekend.
They pushed inside the 2,000-year-old arena, cheered, and yelled before security forces cleared them out. No major damage was reported, but the breach was clear. Italy’s Culture Ministry said the site held up. The move came during marches in Rome, Milan, Turin, and other cities against the cost of living, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government, and the war in Gaza.
Police used water cannons later in Rome. Authorities reported arrests and hundreds taken in for checks, including many minors and foreigners. The unrest followed bigger trouble in France a week earlier, where protests turned into fires, looting, and attacks on public buildings.
This is the pattern.
- Hundreds of mostly young demonstrators broke from a larger march in Rome on October 24. Many carried Palestinian flags. They forced turnstiles and gates at the Colosseum, held up signs, and chanted inside for several minutes. Security pushed them out. Tourists were still on site when it started.
- The same weekend saw clashes near government buildings. Bottles and objects flew at officers. Water cannons and tear gas answered. Similar tension hit Turin, Bologna, and Florence. Milan stayed quieter.
- In France on October 17, large marches against living costs and school conditions tipped into riots. Masked groups smashed shops, set fires, and attacked public buildings. In Marseille, Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline said churches were broken into, the city hall was invaded, and a police station was hit. Shops were looted across the city.
- Church attacks are not rare in Europe. The Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians in Europe (OIDAC) logged 2,211 anti-Christian hate crimes in 2024. That included 94 arson attacks on churches and Christian sites—nearly double the year before. One-third of the arsons were in Germany. France, the UK, and Germany led the overall totals. Cases included a historic church nearly destroyed by fire in northern France and the murder of a 76-year-old monk in Spain.
- Cultural landmarks and churches keep getting hit during these waves. The Colosseum is the symbol of ancient Rome. French city halls, tourist offices, and churches took damage. Palestinian flags and Gaza slogans show up often at the edges of the violence.
Mosques do not face the same treatment in these protests. Demonstrators do not storm mosque gates, force their way inside during prayers, or set them alight as part of the same street actions. Churches and Western cultural sites are the targets. The selectivity is hard to miss.
These are not one-off student marches. The Colosseum breach and the French church break-ins sit inside a longer run of attacks on Christian and European heritage sites. Western symbols get the crowds. Islamic ones do not. The flags and the choice of targets tell the story. Whatfinger News tracks the pattern.
— The Whatfinger News Team: Sgt R, Sgt L, with Grok on edits
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