‘Dolce Vita’ Dips to Bring $500 Fines
From Times Wire Reports
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Life in Rome isn’t so sweet after all. A new urban code approved by city officials over the weekend imposes stiff fines for fountain swimmers like Anita Ekberg in Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita.”
The diva would have to cough up $500 for the pleasure of splashing around in the famed Trevi fountain in today’s Rome.
Under the new list of regulations, many of which are extensions from the previous code, bathers in non-historic fountains will be fined a mere $100, Corriere della Sera newspaper reported.
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