Rome: sitting and lying down forbidden on the Spanish Steps of Trinità dei Monti

It isforbidden to sit on the Spanish Steps of Trinità dei Monti: this is the new prohibition in the urban police regulation of Roma Capitale. The newly sanctioned regulation provides not only an absolute ban on eating, drinking and bivouacking in monumental areas of the city, but also on sitting and lying down on a monument. And since the famous staircase is a monument, the regulation is also to be applied to the 135 Unesco Heritage steps.

For those who do not comply with the regulation there is a fine of 250 euros, which can vary up to 400 euros in case of serious behavior, such as soiling or damaging a monument.

The new regulations have been met with astonishment by tourists, who do not approve and protest but obey local police officers who admonish their behavior outside the new rules.

In total disagreement is Vittorio Sgarbi who commented stating that this is an excessive measure: “It’s fine to protect the monument, obviously the fact that you cannot eat on the marbles, but the ban on sitting is really excessive. It seems to me to be a fascist measure that the municipality will be forced to revise. Because since the world began, the passing traveler sits on the steps and stops to admire the landscape.”

On the other hand, Gianni Battistono, president of theVia Condotti Association, agrees: “This measure is a small recovery of civilization, the steps are a masterpiece of art, on all masterpieces one does not sit. Otherwise, it is not possible to enjoy the beauty of the landscape because there are people camping.”

So, according to the new municipal regulation, it is only possible to transit in monumental areas.

Source: republic

Rome: sitting and lying down forbidden on the Spanish Steps of Trinità dei Monti

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