The Mayor of a medieval Italian town has banned shops which sell kebabs and sandwiches, saying he objects to their smell.
Massimo Botocci, a member of the populist Northern League and the Mayor of Cittadella, near Padua, has complained they're not part of Italian tradition.
He says says such shops are banned from the centre of the medieval walled city.
This kind of food production is "not suited to our historic centre (because of) the way in which the foods are eaten, the smell they give off ... ", said Bitocci, citing health and sanitation regulations.
"If someone wants to eat a kebab, he can do it at home or outside of the historic centre," he added. "They aren't part of our tradition."
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Botocci, who also sits as a deputy for the Northern League, made headlines in 2009 when he introduced measures against beggars and street sellers as well as parking restrictions for caravans to dissuade travelling people.
He has also proposed mandatory public service for under-16s found drinking alcohol.
The anti-immigration Northern League is part of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's ruling coalition.
