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​​Return? Love? Marry? How many coins have you thrown in?💰⛲️ 3 things you didn’t know about about the Trevi fountain Tourists throw almost €3,000 into the Trevi fountain every day, which adds up to about €1,000,000 a year! The Trevi Fountain, (Fontana di Trevi in Italian) is Italy’s largest and most famous Baroque fountain, standing 85 feet high and 65 feet across. The fountain is located at the junction of three roads (tre vie) which marks the terminal point of the ‘modern‘ Acqua Vergine aqueduct, the revived Aqua Virgo, one of the aqueducts that supplied water to ancient Rome. In 19 BC, supposedly with the help of a virgin, Roman technicians located a source of pure water some 13 km (8.1 mi) from the city. (This scene is presented on the present fountain’s façade.) However, the eventual indirect route of the aqueduct made its length some 22 km (14 mi). This Aqua Virgo led the water into the Baths of Agrippa. It served Rome for more than 400 years. The act of throwing a coin in the fountain originated in 1954 with the movie “Three Coins in the Fountain,” saying that If you throw one coin: you will return to Rome. If you throw two coins: you will fall in love with a Roman And If you throw three coins: you will marry them in Rome! How many coins have you thrown in the Trevi Fountain? Let me know in the comments👇💬 📝 Save this lesson for later ❤️ Tag someone who needs to see this ✏️For daily lessons and tips follow @intrepiditalian 🇮🇹Visit theintrepidguide.com for more Un abbraccio 🤗 (hug) Michele P.S. Want to learn Italian with my 80/20 method? Just send me a message and I’ll tell you how. #iloveitaly #trevifountain #igersitalia #super_italy #italyescapes #superitaly #italianplaces #unlimitedrome #ilikeitaly #treasureitaly #rometravelers #visitrome #IgersRoma #noidiroma #roma #rome #romanity #loves_roma #lamiaroma #ig_rome #learnitalian #italiangrammar #italian #italianforforeigners #italianteacher #italianphrases #italianlovers #italianlessons #italianforbeginners #italianoperstranieri