Rome’s Trevi Fountain restored
Rome’s Trevi Fountain will gush its emerald waters once again after a clean-up funded by Italian fashion house Fendi. Crowds of frustrated tourists have spent months peeking at bits of the monument from a special walkway put in over the fountain while repairs were carried out to the tune of over $2.2 million.
- A general view shows the restored Trevi fountain prior its inauguration on November 3, 2015 in central Rome. (ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images)
- The newly restored Trevi Fountain is lit during the official inauguration in Rome, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. The historical fountain, famed as a setting for the film “La Dolce Vita” and the place where dreamers leave their coins, reopened after a 17-months restoration financed by the Fendi fashion house. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
- A picture shows the restored Trevi fountain during its inauguration on November 3, 2015 in central Rome. (ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images)
- A picture shows the restored Trevi fountain during its inauguration on November 3, 2015 in central Rome. (ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images)
- People take pictures of the restored Trevi fountain during its inauguration on November 3, 2015 in central Rome. (ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images)
- A man takes a picture of the restored Trevi fountain during its inauguration on November 3, 2015 in central Rome. (ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images)
- Fendi’s Ceo, Pietro Beccari (left) and Silvia Venturini Fendi throw coins into the restored Trevi fountain during its inauguration on November 3, 2015 in central Rome. (ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images)
- Fendi’s Ceo, Pietro Beccari, poses with Silvia Venturini Fendi in front of the restored Trevi fountain prior its inauguration on November 3, 2015 in central Rome. (ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images)
- Fendi’s Ceo, Pietro Beccari, poses in front of the restored Trevi fountain prior its inauguration on November 3, 2015 in central Rome. (ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images)
- The newly restored Trevi Fountain is reflected in its water during the official inauguration in Rome, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. The historical fountain, famed as a setting for the film “La Dolce Vita” and the place where dreamers leave their coins, reopened after a 17-months restoration financed by the Fendi fashion house. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
- Workers clean the restored Trevi fountain prior its inauguration on November 3, 2015 in central Rome. (ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images)
- A general view shows the restored Trevi fountain prior its inauguration on November 3, 2015 in central Rome. (ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images)
- The newly restored Trevi Fountain is lit during the official inauguration in Rome, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. The historical fountain, famed as a setting for the film “La Dolce Vita” and the place where dreamers leave their coins, reopened after a 17-months restoration financed by the Fendi fashion house. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
- The newly restored Trevi Fountain is lit during the official inauguration in Rome, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. The historical fountain, famed as a setting for the film “La Dolce Vita” and the place where dreamers leave their coins, reopened after a 17-months restoration financed by the Fendi fashion house. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
- The newly restored Trevi Fountain is lit during the official inauguration in Rome, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. The historical fountain, famed as a setting for the film “La Dolce Vita” and the place where dreamers leave their coins, reopened after a 17-months restoration financed by the Fendi fashion house. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
- Fendi CEO Pietro Beccari poses for the photographers as he pretends to fall into the newly restored Trevi Fountain during the official inauguration in Rome, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. The historical fountain, famed as a setting for the film “La Dolce Vita” and the place where dreamers leave their coins, reopened after a 17-months restoration financed by the Fendi fashion house. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
- Fendi CEO Pietro Beccari poses for the photographers in front of the newly restored Trevi Fountain during the official inauguration in Rome, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. The historical fountain, famed as a setting for the film “La Dolce Vita” and the place where dreamers leave their coins, reopened after a 17-months restoration financed by the Fendi fashion house. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)