Coins Collected This Year at Rome's Trevi Fountain Total 2.3 Billion Won

The coins collected this year from the famous Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy, amounted to 1.6 million euros (approximately 2.3 billion KRW).

Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy

According to the Italian daily Il Messaggero on the 22nd (local time), this is the highest amount ever recorded, surpassing last year's previous record of 1,432,953.74 euros (about 2 billion KRW).

The coins, collected three times a week, undergo cleaning and sorting before being donated to the Catholic charity Caritas. Caritas uses the donations, excluding about 6% for operating expenses, to help impoverished families and Alzheimer's patients.

The Trevi Fountain, standing 26 meters tall and designed to depict figures from Greek mythology, is a Baroque-style structure completed in 1762 by architect Niccol? Salvi. It is named Trevi because it is located where three roads (tre via) meet. Visitors from around the world can often be seen throwing coins into the fountain. According to legend, "if you stand with your back to the fountain and toss a coin over your left shoulder with your right hand, you will return to Rome."

Thanks to the scene in the movie Roman Holiday where Audrey Hepburn throws a coin into the Trevi Fountain, it is remembered as an incredibly romantic spot worldwide.

The coins thrown include not only euros but also dollars and pounds. Foreign currencies are exchanged into euros and donated.

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