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240 Euro fine if you dip your feet in the Trevi fountain
June 13, 2017
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Municipal authorities in Rome are said to be imposing fines on locals
and tourists indulging in unacceptable behaviour, in an attempt to
protect their key monuments such as the Trevi fountain and the
Colosseum, among others.
With the summer setting in and
temperatures soaring, tourists and locals around the Trevi fountain are
being found sitting with their feet in the water and even going for a
swim.
With the new penalty in place, Mayor Virginia Raggi on
Monday said anyone caught doing such malpractices can be fined upto 240
Euros, with a minimum fine of 40 Euros, reports the Guardian.
The
new rule, functional presently, will be valid until 31 October. The
police have been assigned the task of monitoring compliance with the new
proposal.
Apart from the aforementioned landmark monuments, the
rule has also been levied on the 500 year-old Barcaccia, a boat-shaped
fountain at the foot of the Spanish Steps which was badly chipped by
drunken football fans in 2015.
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