The Trevi Fountain can be found in Rome’s historic center, it is at a meeting of three roads and was built in 19BC. The Trevi Fountain was built to supply water for Roman baths. The water from the fountain comes from the Salone Springs.
“Legend has it that if you toss a coin into the fountain with your right hand over your right shoulder you will return to Rome.”
It is illegal to take coins out of the fountain. In the past it had happened a lot, in 2011 some people were caught on T.V. Another story was when a man named, d’Artagnan, stole coins from the fountain for 34 years before he was stopped in 2002.
They have dyed the fountain a different color– black in honor of the actor Marcello Mastroianni death. In 2007 someone had dyed the fountain’s