More than one million Euro gets thrown into Rome’s Trevi Fountain each year. Where does the money go?

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Catholic charity Caritas employee Fabrizio Marchioni, 52, carries a bucket containing coins collected at the Trevi Fountain Extracting the coins is a spectacle and involves workers from regional utility ACEA balancing on the edge of the vast Baroque fountain, using long brooms and suction hoses. I made a wish but hopefully this money will help other people’s wishes too.” Day and night, throngs of people crowd around the fountain posing for photos. open image in gallery Carola, from Chile, throws a coin into the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy The Trevi Fountain, completed in 1762, covers one side of Palazzo Poli in central Rome with its statues of Tritons guiding the shell chariot of the god Oceanus, illustrating the theme of the taming of the waters. open image in gallery Catholic charity Caritas employee Fabrizio Marchioni, 52, dries coins collected at the Trevi Fountain Signs by the fountain warn not to steal the coins.