The word "vandalism" came from the name of the ancient Germanic tribe of vandals, who sacked Rome in 455 and destroyed many monuments of ancient and Christian culture. Vandals were very cruel, they not only destroyed the shrines and temples, but tried to do it in a particularly humiliating manner. The invention of the term is attributed to the member of the General States convention, Abbot Gregoire. In 1794, Mr .. He delivered a "Report on the destruction of vandalism, and the means to prevent them," calling for the most severe way to prevent the destruction of monuments of art. In the XIX century. the word "vandalism" was included in the literary usage as a sign of the destruction or damage of works of art and monuments of architecture. Thus, in 1846 a book by the Count de Montalamber appeared, in which the author condemned the destruction of the Catholic churches.
