Overview

• A tourist who entered the Trevi Fountain on July 27 was quickly confronted and escorted away by police, according to eyewitness video by 18-year-old Lukas Vöhser Falcón.
• Local authorities have not announced a penalty for this case, though recent infractions have drawn fines and bans, including a €500 fine in February in a case police said involved alcohol.
• People reports that CNN documented a separate case earlier this year in which an intoxicated visitor received a lifetime ban and a €500 fine, and other offenders have faced penalties up to €1,000 and a Rome ban for attempting to climb the monument.
• City rules prohibit entering the water, sitting on the basin’s edge, or taking coins tossed into the fountain.
• Rome has introduced a managed queue with a cap of roughly 400 at the fountain, a response to summer crowds that previously averaged 10,000 to 12,000 visitors a day and to protect a site that collects over €1 million in coins annually for charity.