Two Aussie tourists have been fined and banned after committing a cultural sin in Italy's capital.
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The tourists "immersed themselves" in Rome's Trevi Fountain on September 10, according to a statement from the city.
Local police guarding the historic monument "immediately stopped and identified" the tourists.
The Australian citizens were fined 450 euros, about $750 and struck with an "urban daspo".
The "urban daspo" is a 48-hour ban from accessing certain areas of the city and was introduced in 2018 as part of new laws to promote "decorum, safety, legality [and] civil coexistence".
"The two tourists who immersed themselves in the pool of the Trevi Fountain on the evening of [September 10] were immediately stopped and identified by the officers of the Local Police of Rome Capital who guard the monument 24 hours a day," the statement said.
"An administrative fine of 450 euros was imposed on Australian citizens; they were also subjected to an urban daspo."
The Trevi Fountain is one of Italy's most popular tourist attractions for the tradition of throwing a coin into the pool for good luck and a return to Rome in the future.
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Tourists have caused a stir in Rome this summer, including a British tourist who wrote a letter of apology to the city's mayor after he was accused of defacing the Colosseum in July, according to The Guardian.
The man was traced by Italian police to England for allegedly engraving his and his girlfriend's names onto a wall of the monument.
And in August a woman was filmed climbing onto the Trevi Fountain to fill up her drink bottle before she was confronted by police.