For a visit of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, the Italian authorities temporarily closed the nudity of ancient statues boxes — out of respect for the religion of the Iranian delegation. Rouhani visited Italy on an official visit to agree the details of the agreement on financial cooperation between the countries at $18 billion. the signing of the agreement took place in the Capitoline museums of Rome, with the participation of Prime Minister-министра of Italy Matteo Renzi and Hassan Rouhani. Present at the ceremony, the journalists posted photos of the private Museum of the statues, "dressed" in a box.

not all the Italian politicians approved the government's decision to hide from prying eyes works of art, which is an important part of Italian cultural heritage. As if from him at the time refused for the sake of signing lucrative deals. "You cannot hide your culture, religion and history. It was wrong", — said the head of the Supreme Council for the cultural heritage of the country Giuliano Volpe.

Out of respect for Muslim traditions official dinner between the presidents of Italy and Iran after the signing of the agreement was non-alcoholic. Now the journalists are speculating on the fact that this would be impossible in France, where President Francois Hollande once rejected the proposal to hold a non-alcoholic lunch because it violates the traditional French principle of non-interference of religion in state Affairs.

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

Sources: artnet.com, artinvestment.ru