With three million visitors a year, the Trevi Fountain is one of the most visited attractions in the world. The fountain is currently dry due to restoration work. To allow tourists to follow the tradition, the community has set up a small swimming pool in which visitors can throw their coins.
According to a superstition, every holidaymaker who certainly wants to return to the Eternal City must throw a coin over his shoulder into the Trevi Fountain.
Many visitors do the same. Up to 1.5 million euros are fished out of the basin every year.
2025 only limited access
Due to restoration work, the Trevi Fountain in Rome can only be viewed through transparent panels placed some distance from the monument. The extraordinary restoration work on the fountain is underway in view of the Catholic Jubilee Year, which begins on December 24. Even then, access to the “Fontana di Trevi” will only be possible to a limited extent.
Viewing costs possible
In the future, a fee could be introduced for visiting the Roman monument, Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri said recently.
Since 2001, the money from the fountain has gone to the Caritas of the Diocese of Rome, which manages more than 50 social institutions and 145 contact points in Catholic parishes in the capital.
Source: Krone
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