{"id":494713,"date":"2025-12-16T07:50:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T11:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/rome-reconsiders-the-idea-of-charging-two-euros-to-visit-the-trevi-fountain\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T07:50:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T11:50:27","slug":"rome-reconsiders-the-idea-of-charging-two-euros-to-visit-the-trevi-fountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/rome-reconsiders-the-idea-of-charging-two-euros-to-visit-the-trevi-fountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Rome reconsiders the idea of charging two euros to visit the Trevi Fountain"},"content":{"rendered":"The City Council of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/City_Council_of_Rome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rome<\/a> is once again considering &#8220;the hypothesis&#8221; of introducing a two-euro entrance fee to access the Trevi Fountain, the most visited monument in the capital, second only to the Colosseum, as was recently done with the Pantheon.\n\nMunicipal sources told EFE that it is an &#8220;unconfirmed working hypothesis&#8221;, after the newspaper &#8216;Corriere della Sera&#8217; reported this Tuesday that the introduction of an entrance fee for tourists will arrive from January 7, while access will remain free for Romans.\n\nAccording to the Milan newspaper, two lanes will be created, one for tourists and another for Romans, delimited by more elegant brass posts than the current barriers, and the option to pay by credit card will be included.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You can also read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/internacionales\/japon-expresa-preocupacion-por-la-condena-en-hong-kong-del-editor-prodemocracia-jimmy-lai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Japan expresses concern over the conviction in Hong Kong of pro-democracy editor Jimmy Lai<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nIf this measure is adopted, it will be added to the existing controlled flow of visitors, as since last December 22nd, only 400 people are allowed to enter the square at a time.\n\nThe newspaper explains that the introduction of the entry will come immediately after the Christmas holidays and the end of the Jubilee.\n\nOnly in the first half of this year, more than 5 million visits to the square were recorded, so the introduction of the ticket represents a treasure for the municipal coffers that could reach 20 million euros, considering the attractiveness of this masterpiece of the late Baroque, linked to the ritual of throwing a coin to be able to return to the Eternal City.\n\nThe idea has been defended several times by Rome&#8217;s Tourism Councilor, Alessandro Onorato, who advocates for &#8220;a unique, special, and serene experience for all visitors&#8221; and also &#8220;to protect an extraordinary monument.&#8221; ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The City Council of Rome is once again considering &#8220;the hypothesis&#8221; of introducing a two-euro entrance fee to access the Trevi Fountain, the most visited monument in the capital, second only to the Colosseum, as was recently done with the Pantheon. Municipal sources told EFE that it is an &#8220;unconfirmed working hypothesis&#8221;, after the newspaper [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133537,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-494713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-24Hf","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Paola Castillo","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-paola-castillo-f-96x96.jpg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133537"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}