Cash-strapped Rome dazzled by coins in fountain

ROME— Sign of the times in Rome: the city’s cash-strapped administration is eyeing up the coins tossed by tourists into the celebrated Trevi Fountain. Previously handed over to Catholic charity Caritas, the coins will nowbe claimed by Mayor Virginia Raggi for city projects. Legend has it that anyone who lobs a coin into the nearly 300-year-old fountain while facing away from the Baroque masterpiece was guaranteed to return.