Trevi Fountain, first week of payment: 50,000 admissions and 85,000 euro raised

The other days were influenced by the weather. The correlation was clear. Looking at the week's data recorded in the 3Bmeteo archive, the days with the least rainfall were Monday 2 February (zero millimetres) and Thursday 5 February (2.1 millimetres). And they were the ones with the most: 6,229 on Monday - which was also the first day, with several people unaware of the news - and 7,557 on Thursday.

Tuesday 3 February saw 5,196 visitors with 7 millimetres of rain, Wednesday 4 February was 4,284 with 18.2 millimetres of rain and Friday 6 February was 5,484 with 7.6 millimetres of rain.

The total makes 44,143, to be added to about six thousand online bookings (tickets can also be purchased on the site). Thus the total comes to about 50 thousand admissions. Of these, about 42 thousand have paid, ensuring a revenue to the City of Rome of close to 85 thousand euro.

A projection of more than four million euro that, considering the increase in admissions during the high season or in any case with better weather conditions, should lead to the revenue estimated by the capital's administration at the start, that is 6-7 million euro per year.

Revenues that for councillor Smeriglio serve not only to protect the recently restored monument, but "also to properly preserve other smaller monuments belonging to Rome's artistic and cultural heritage. Protecting the entire Capitoline museum system means taking care of the monuments, making the experience of visiting them better for everyone and, above all, giving free access to the civic museums to Romans, residents of the metropolitan city and students attending private, public and denominational universities in Rome. Making access to museum spaces and monuments free of charge is culture as a common good'.