A Japanese woman has become the latest holidaymaker to face criminal charges in Italy for defacing a historic landmark. The 48-year-old tourist was stopped by police after she wrote her name and the date on the dome of the Florence Cathedral. She used an eyeliner pencil to leave her mark on the marble on Monday morning, but it did not leave any permanent damage, Italian newspaper La Nazione reported. Officials said the tourist used an eyeliner pencil to write her name and the day's date on the cathedral's dome . Staff from Museo dell’Operate del Duomo, a museum which houses artefacts from the cathedral, alerted police, who located the woman and charged her through an interpreter. Completed in 1436, the cathedral is the fourth largest cathedral in the world and one of the most popular tourist attractions in Tuscany. Now a Unesco World Heritage Site, its famous Renaissance dome was designed by architect Filippo Brunelleschi and added in the 15th century. It’s the second time in four weeks that Italian police have charged a holidaymaker for defacing one of the country’s top landmarks. Italian media said the make-up pencil did not leave any permanent marks, but the woman was charged . In March two American tourists were arrested for carving their initials into the Colosseum in Rome. The women, aged 21 and 25, carved a ‘J’ and ‘N’ into a brick wall at the Unesco World Heritage Site and then posed for a selfie. Other visitors saw what had happened and alerted security, with police charging the pair with ‘aggravated damage on a building of historical and artistic interest’, according to reports. With millions of visitors every year, Florence has had its fair share of problems with misbehaving tourists in recent years. Last year an American holidaymaker was caught peeing in Piazza Santa Croce, a historic square, just a few months before two visitors were spotted having sex against a wall near Palazzo Vecchio, the town hall, according to The Local. In 2013, an American tourist upset locals when he accidentally snapped the finger off a 600-year-old statue of the Virgin Mary at Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (Museum of the Works of the Cathedral). The 55-year-old man, from New Fairfield, Connecticut, was attempting to compare his finger to that one the statue when the digit broke off.
Tourist used an eyeliner pencil to write her name and the day's date .
Italian media said the pencil did not leave any permanent marks .
Famous Renaissance dome was designed by architect Filippo Brunelleschi .
Last month two Americans were charged for defacing the Colosseum .