Lately there have been reports of tourists getting a little too close to monuments. After some significant damage over the years Rome is cracking down on this. Here is how it played out over the weekend . . .
€ 450 fines for tourists caught in Rome fountains over Easter weekend
Two Californian tourists, a male and female in their early 20s, were fined €450 each after climbing into Rome’s Trevi Fountain on 17 April.
The day before, Easter Sunday, two Danish tourists were fined €450 each for putting their feet into the waters of a fountain below Rome’s Vittoriano monument.
The 60-year-old woman and a 17-year-old boy were caught with their legs submerged “up to their knees” in the Piazza Venezia fountain, according to city authorities.
(for those interested 450 euros is about is about $ 700 Canadian - OUCH)
That is too much for a fine. It was not intentionally done by the tourist.
Posted by: Mary | June 29, 2017 at 08:43 AM