Approaching the Trevi Fountain and taking the typical photo with the coin toss now costs 2 euros. As of today, it's another of Rome's historic sites that now charge admission. Until now, queuing was already necessary because tourist access to the monument was controlled, but this Monday a toll booth was set up. Mobile barriers surround the monument that symbolizes Oceanus driving a shell-shaped chariot. Visitors can still enter the square, but to go down the steps and approach the edge, they will have to pay—or go outside of permitted hours, before 9 a.m. or after 10 p.m. Some of the first tourists who encountered the new charge were annoyed and saw it as a simple revenue-generating measure. There are even Italians who believe that one shouldn't have to pay to see a public square, according to EFE. Others felt that at least they could approach the fountain without so much pushing and shoving. Rome's tourism councilor, Alessandro Onorato, assures that the new fee will generate at least six million euros annually. Onorato believes the measure is "a contribution of beauty and hospitality" and is convinced it won't be a deterrent: "If the Trevi Fountain were in New York, they would have asked for at least one hundred dollars, not two euros. But we'll have time to demonstrate that a smart balance can be struck between living in a place, living well, and ensuring that." The monument received approximately nine million visitors in 2025, about 30,000 people per day. To regulate this overcrowding, Rome has been increasing its entrance fees to attractions like the iconic Pantheon, which now costs 3-5 euros. Five municipal museums began charging admission this Monday. Reservations can be made online or at the ticket office everywhere.

The current economic situation at Barça means they have to keep an eye on their youth academy –Clara Serrajordi, Aicha Camara either Carla Julià—but also those loaned players who can return and earn a place in the first team, such as Giulia Dragoni and Emilia Szymczak. The Italian midfielder is one of the names that has been speculated to potentially end her loan to Roma this winter transfer window and return due to Aitana Bonmatí's injury. The director responsible for the women's team, Xavi Puig, hinted at this on 3Cat before playing the last Champions League match in Paris in December: "The technical staff is working on this and I think it's an ideal time to consider many things. We're very clear about it and perhaps we'll have to consider a move for the team."

I can't be objective when talking about Rome. I love this city. Many films have brought us closer to the eternal city, from Fellini to Pasolini, from Rossellini to Wylder. But the tribute that Paolo Sorrentino paid to it in 2013 with The Great Beauty I find it difficult to surpass. I don't intend to be objective when talking about that work either. A film curiously made by a Neapolitan who has lived in Rome for many years. Perhaps this way he could know the city so well, but also maintain some emotional distance to portray it as he did.

After Lugano, London, and Berlin, Rome hosted the 4th International Summit for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, led by the European Union, on Thursday. The summit aims to mobilize public and private investment to boost the country's reconstruction process after more than three years of war. During the inauguration, attended by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the creation of a European fund worth €220 million to attract private investment, with the participation of Italy, Germany, France, Poland, and the European Investment Bank.

A spectacular video has captured the moments after the massive explosion at a gas station in southeastern Rome this Friday, which also caused a fire and left a large column of smoke visible from various locations in the city.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and French President Emmanuel Macron met Tuesday to narrow their gap on issues such as Ukraine, the Middle East, and relations with the United States, amid rising tensions between Paris and Rome.

In the window of the Antico Forno in Legna, at the gates of Castel Gandolfo, Daniela proudly displays a letter sent by the Vatican Secretariat of State and signed by the Pope Francis in which the Argentine pontiff thanks them for sending some artisan pastries. "His Holiness thanks you for the gift and the feelings of filial veneration that this kind gesture has suggested […] and gladly sends you his blessing," reads the letter, dated 2022. "Pope Francis was a fan of our pastries. Every Sunday, someone would pass by and take them to Rome."

The late Pope Francis received his final farewell this Saturday. in a sober ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in front of some 250,000 people, before being buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, in the center of Rome, where the Argentine pontiff had expressed his wish to be buried because he was very devoted to the Virgin Mary. The pontiff's funeral was officiated by the dean of the College of Cardinals, the 91-year-old Italian Giovanni Battista Re, whose position the Pope recently renewed. As Francis requested, the funeral was marked by simplicity and closeness, faithful to his legacy.

Our Lady of the Snows is the original name that popular fervor gave to the papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major. Legend has it that the Virgin Mary showed a noble patrician the site where it was to be built through a miraculous snowfall in midsummer. Every year on August 5th, this miraculous event is recreated, causing a shower of white petals to fall from the roof of the church to the square, evoking the blanket of snow and the purity of Mary. It is the oldest Marian shrine in the West, the first place where Christians began to implore the intercession of the Virgin. Built by Pope Sixtus III between 432 and 440, after the definition of the dogma of the Divine Maternity, it features a peculiarity that could well have been a choice of Pope Francis: contrary to tradition, the apse faces west, so that the façade looks east, that is, toward the outskirts of the city.

The long lines of tourists at the entrances to Rome's monuments are one of the most typical images of the Eternal City. Many travelers try to avoid them by purchasing tickets in advance, but they don't always succeed. For several years, it has been almost impossible to purchase tickets to visit the iconic Roman Colosseum without going through travel agencies, which, through opaque mechanisms, manage to secure most of the available tickets. An irregular practice whose days are numbered.

The long lines of tourists at the entrances to Rome's monuments are one of the most typical images of the Eternal City. Many travelers try to avoid them by purchasing tickets in advance, but they don't always succeed. For several years, it has been almost impossible to purchase tickets to visit the iconic Roman Colosseum without going through travel agencies, which, through opaque mechanisms, manage to secure most of the available tickets. An irregular practice whose days are numbered.