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Rome’s Trevi Fountain restored in time for Jubilee year

December 25, 202455 Views

A restored Trevi Fountain was unveiled on Sunday after more than two months of cleaning and restoration, part of Rome's preparations for the 2025 Roman Catholic Holy Year. The work, for which the city of Rome set a 327,000 euro budget, included removing dirt, pollution, iron oxide and limescale from the 18th century monument, one of the best known of Rome's many tourist attractions. A view shows the Trevi Fountain on the day it reopens to the public after maintenance work, in Rome, Italy, December 22, 2024. REUTERS/Yara Nardi During that time, the fountain had been drained but visitors were able to view it from a temporary footbridge. To avoid a return of the big crowds that customarily engulfed the small square housing the fountain, Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri said visitors ...

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Bridge offers unique view of Rome’s Trevi fountain during conservation work

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November 9, 2024136 Views

Tourists and locals will be able to see Rome's Trevi Fountain from a new angle by walking across a footbridge erected while it undergoes maintenance work. The metal bridge, which will give visitors a closer look at the fountain's intricate facade, will be up for about two months while work is in progress. Tourists take pictures on an elevated walkway as Trevi Fountain undergoes maintenance work in Rome, Italy, November 9, 2024. REUTERS/Remo Casilli "(We) wanted to give everybody the opportunity to admire the fountain and to do this from a unique perspective," Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri told Reuters at the opening of the bridge on Saturday. "Normally you would never be able to see what you can see from the walkway ... so it's actually a unique opportunity." Restoration of ...

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Rome considering limiting tourist access to Trevi Fountain

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September 7, 2024178 Views

Rome is considering limiting access to the Trevi Fountain, one of its busiest monuments, ahead of an expected bumper year for tourism in the Eternal City, city council officials say. The Italian capital is preparing to host the 2025 Jubilee, a year-long Roman Catholic event expected to attract 32 million tourists and pilgrims. Under the draft plans, visits to the fountain would require a prior reservation, with fixed time slots and a limited number of people allowed to access the steps around it. FILE PHOTO: Crowds of tourists visit the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy, August 8, 2024. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane "For Romans we are thinking of making it free, while non-residents would be asked to make a symbolic contribution, one or two euros ($1.1-2.2)", Rome's tourism councill...

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What happens to the coins tossed into Rome’s Trevi Fountain!

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March 9, 2024645 Views

As visitors’ coins splash into Rome’s majestic Trevi Fountain carrying wishes for love, good health or a return to the Eternal City, they provide practical help to people the tourists will never meet. For hundreds of years, when in Rome, visitors have flocked to the fountain to make a wish, following a storied ritual. Few gave their coins a second thought. Sofia Paz, from Chile, throws a coin into the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy, February 19, 2024. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane Today, coins pile up for several days before they are fished out and taken to the Rome division of the worldwide Catholic charity Caritas, which counts the bucketfuls of change and uses them to fund a food bank, soup kitchen and welfare projects. In 2022 Caritas collected 1.4 million euros ($1.52 milli...

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Trevi Fountain water turns black in Rome climate protest

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May 21, 2023595 Views

Seven young activists protesting against climate change climbed into the Trevi Fountain in Rome on Sunday and poured diluted charcoal into the water to turn it black. The protesters from the "Ultima Generazione" ("Last Generation") group held up banners saying "We won't pay for fossil (fuels)," and shouted "our country is dying". Climate activists hold a banner after pouring vegetable charcoal in the Trevi Fountain water, during a demonstration against fossil fuels, in Rome, Italy May 21, 2023 in this image obtained from social media. Allesandro Penso/MAPS via REUTERS Uniformed police waded into the water to take away the activists, with many tourists filming the stunt and a few of the onlookers shouting insults at the protesters, video footage showed. In a statement, Ultima G...