What are the coins thrown into the Trevi Fountain in Rome for?

What are the coins thrown into the Trevi Fountain in Rome for?

Monday, March 11, 2024 16:54 PM (GMT+7)

Coins thrown into the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy by tourists have been used for meaningful purposes for hundreds of years.

When tourists throw coins into Rome's Trevi Fountain with wishes, they bring practical help to people they'll never meet.

For hundreds of years, visitors to Rome have flocked to the fountain to make their wishes, following a long-standing tradition. Few pay attention to their money.

Today, the coins are piled up for several days before they are fished out and taken to the Rome branch of the global Catholic charity Caritas.

They count buckets of change and use it to fund food banks, soup kitchens and welfare projects. Anything other than coins is recycled and donated to charity.

In 2022, Caritas raised $1.5 million from the fountain and expects to raise even more in 2023. The Italian capital welcomed 21 million tourists in 2022.

Signs around the fountain explain that coins thrown in will be donated to charity - a thought that pleases many tourists who visit.

After tossing a coin, Yula Cole from Brazil said she wanted to make a wish and knew it would also help people in need.

She made a wish and hoped that the money would also help other people's wishes.

Caritas volunteer Simonetta Lanzi cuts cheese at Caritas Emporium, a supermarket funded by proceeds from the Trevi Fountain.

Loaves of bread are displayed at the Caritas Emporium, where low-income people can buy essential goods. (Photo: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters).

Mr. Domenico, 57, who was a blacksmith before losing his job, is shopping at Caritas Emporium.

The Trevi Fountain, completed in 1762, covers one side of the Palazzo Poli in central Rome with statues of Triton guiding the shell chariot of the god Oceanus.

Thanh Nha (According to GDTĐ)

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