(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 22 - The Trevi Fountain in Rome reopened
on Sunday after the completion of extraordinary maintenance work
ahead of the Roman Catholic Jubilee Holy Year of 2025.
Renovation work lasted three months and cost 327,000 euros.
The inauguration of the iconic landmark was attended by Rome
Mayor Roberto Gualtieri, as well as the city's Tourism
Councillor Alessandro Onorato and Culture Councillor
Massimiliano Smeriglio and Heritage Superintendent Claudio
Parisi Presicce.
Access to the monument will now be limited to 400 visitors at a
time to avoid overcrowding.
Visitors will not be required to pay a ticket for the time being
although the introduction of a fee has not been ruled out in the
future, Gualtieri said.
During maintenance work, a walkway was installed to enable
tourists to view the Roman landmark while it was being cleaned
out.
Visitors were also allowed to make their iconic coin toss into a
'basket' from the walkway, expressing the wish to return to the
Eternal City.
The monument will now be open every day to a limited number of
visitors, as part of the pilot scheme, from 9 am until 9 pm and
from 11 am on Monday and Friday so coins can be cleaned out.
Access will be free from 9 pm. (ANSA).
Trevi Fountain reopens ahead of Jubilee
Access limited to 400 people at a time