14 interesting pictures about where coins are sent from the main fountain of Rome (15 photos)

The “earnings” of the fountain go to help people whom tourists are unlikely to ever meet.

All visitors to Rome do this... They head to the Trevi Fountain to throw some money into it. This tradition is many centuries old. It is believed that if you throw a coin with your right hand over your left shoulder, you will definitely return to this wonderful city.





There is also a ritual to fulfill a cherished desire: to do this you need to throw two coins into the water. However, no one ever thinks about what happens to the money next and where it ends up.

Rome is one of the most beloved cities by tourists; more than 20 million people come to it every year.



And they all definitely head to Trevi for the sake of one ancient ritual...





...throw a coin into the fountain to come to Rome again



...or to make your cherished wish come true



By the way, in China there is a very strange tradition: here they throw money into an airplane engine.

In 2022, 1.4 million euros were caught from Trevi



So where does all this money go?



Utility workers come to the fountain twice a week



They use long sticks to pull coins out of the fountain and send them to Caritas.



Here the money is dried in special dryers, counted and sorted



Not far from Trevi there is an Emporium store, where all the “earnings” of the fountain are deposited



Here food is sold using tokens, which are received by vulnerable segments of the population.



So tourists, throwing money into the fountain, help poor Romans



People who live on the verge of poverty come to the supermarket; they are unemployed for various reasons.



They are glad that such support programs work