Incident comes after couple splashed round in Bernini fountain in Piazza Navona.
A person wearing swimming trunks climbed between the statues of Rome’s Trevi Fountain and dived into the waters of the Baroque monument earlier than being detained by police.
The bather, described by Italian media as a 40-year-old Roman, ignored orders to get out of the fountain, main a police officer to wade in and drag him out by the arm.
The incident occurred simply earlier than 23.00 on Saturday evening in entrance of onlookers who filmed the unlawful dip on their telephones, with footage shared on the Welcome to favelas Instagram web page.
The person was reportedly fined €200 and handed a brief ban or ‘daspo‘ from returning to the UNESCO World Heritage web site, in line with Rome newspaper Il Messaggero.
Nevertheless two hours later the person returned to the fountain for a repeat efficiency, leaping in from the identical spot and being dragged out of the water a second time, by a special police officer.
In April two Dutch vacationers had been fined €1,000 for swimming within the Trevi Fountain, whereas on Friday evening a person and a lady had been filmed splashing round in Bernini‘s Fountain of the 4 Rivers in Piazza Navona.
On Saturday Italian information shops reported that the outside of the Pantheon had been vandalised with graffiti that learn “Aliens Exist“, written in English with blue spray paint.
The police investigation into the incident was hampered after it was found that the town’s safety cameras guarding the positioning had lengthy ceased to be useful.
Rome’s tourism councillor Alessandro Onorato instructed Leggo newspaper on Monday that “extra extreme penalties” had been required for individuals who harm the town’s historic heritage.
“We want vacationers who respect our metropolis, who know expertise it with the respect and a focus it deserves” – Onorato stated – “For us the vacationer is sacred, however we’d like high quality tourism that respects the town to the complete.”
