Vittorio Sgarbi’s comment on the Rome city administration’s proposal to allow access to the monument only upon payment of a ticket.
Trevi Fountain for a fee? Wrong idea. The gimmick that some of the city’s “attractions” are slot machines is a way to rob places of their status as wonders with a butcher’s operation to impoverish them. At this rate people will pay to walk near Castel Sant’Angelo, or in Capitol Square, or at the Temple of Vesta, to see Caravaggios in churches, to walk (it is also another state) under the colonnade of St. Peter’s. The Trevi Fountain is a crossing point in the unity of the city, where, by that logic, one could pay for every ten meters.
The author of this article: Vittorio Sgarbi
Vittorio Sgarbi è un critico d'arte, politico, autore e collezionista, nato il 28 maggio 1952 a Ferrara. Laureato in filosofia all'Università di Bologna (e poi perfezionato in storia dell'arte), ha al suo attivo diverse pubblicazioni su arte e cultura (tra cui Davanti all'immagine, 1990, vincitore del Premio Bancarella). Ha ricoperto numerosi incarichi pubblici, tra cui quello di Sottosegretario al Ministero della Cultura. È attivo anche in televisione, dove ha condotto programmi dedicati all'arte.
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