{"id":41462,"date":"2024-11-15T17:05:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T17:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41462"},"modified":"2024-11-15T17:10:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T17:10:09","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-tiny-trevi-fountain-stand-in-poolthe-saddest-thing-ive-seen-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41462","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the (Global) doorstep\u2019: Tiny Trevi Fountain stand-in pool\u2026\u2018The saddest thing I\u2019ve seen in Italy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Fontaine_Trevi_Rome_Wilfredo_Rafael_Rodriguez_Hernandez_Commons_Wiki.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Fontaine_Trevi_Rome_Wilfredo_Rafael_Rodriguez_Hernandez_Commons_Wiki.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41463\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><sub><em>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Fontaine_Trevi_-_Rome.jpg\">Wilfredo Rafael Rodriguez Hernandez, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the city of Rome constructed what looks like a backyard swimming pool in front of the famous Trevi Fountain for tourists to toss their coins into while the baroque landmark is emptied for renovations, the reaction was swift \u2014 and brutal, reports CNN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>CNN writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 the pool is adorned with unpainted plywood and sits behind a tall fence covered by transparent plastic, over which tourists throw coins in the hope of hitting the water&#8230; City officials have confirmed the pool was built primarily to protect workers inside the emptied fountain from getting hit by coins\u2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/05\/travel\/rome-trevi-fountain-stand-in-pool\/index.html\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Wilfredo Rafael Rodriguez Hernandez, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons When the city of Rome constructed what looks like a backyard swimming pool in front of the famous Trevi Fountain for tourists to toss their coins into while the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41462\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[18,51,29,16],"class_list":["post-41462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-conservation","tag-global","tag-heritage","tag-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41462"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41467,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41462\/revisions\/41467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}