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ROME, ITALY (SEPTEMBER 2024) (ANADOLU – ACCESS ALL)

1. VARIOUS OF TOURISTS CRAMMED AROUND TREVI FOUNTAIN, SOME TAKING PHOTOS

2. MAN KNEELING NEXT TO TREVI FOUNTAIN, PROPOSING AS PEOPLE CHEERING AND CLAPPING THEIR HANDS / WOMAN KISSING MAN / MAN PUTTING RING ON WOMAN’S FINGER ROME, ITALY — SEPTEMBER 2024 — FILE FOOTAGE: Starting Feb. 1, 2026 tourists visiting Rome will have to pay a two-euro ($2.34) fee to get close to the iconic Trevi Fountain, the city's mayor announced on Friday, Dec. 19.

Roberto Gualtieri told a press conference that their aim is to manage visitor flows, protect the monument, which is a traditional wishing well, and improving the quality of its experience.

According to the Rome municipality, the site averages 30,000 visits per day, with peaks of 70,000, for a total of over 9 million visitors per year.

To improve traffic management and protect the monument, improvements to the fencing will be carried out.

Other sites that will be charged entry fee are Villa of Maxentius, the Napoleonic Museum, Carlo Bilotti Museum, Bilotti Museum, and Canonica Museum.

Gualtieri said all museums and monuments will remain free of charge for residents of Rome and its metropolitan area, the disabled and children up to age five.