{"id":104993,"date":"2019-08-07T15:50:23","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T13:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2019\/08\/07\/tourists-face-e250-fines-for-sitting-on-spanish-steps-in-rome\/"},"modified":"2019-08-07T15:50:23","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T13:50:23","slug":"tourists-face-e250-fines-for-sitting-on-spanish-steps-in-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=104993","title":{"rendered":"Tourists face \u20ac250 fines for sitting on Spanish Steps in Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police began patrolling 18th-century marble steps on Tuesday, blowing whistles at those sitting downThe authorities in Rome have been accused of applying \u201cfascist-style\u201d measures after police began shooing resting tourists away from the staircase of the famous Spanish Steps.Police began patrolling the 18th-century marble steps on Tuesday, blowing whistles at those sitting down. The monument, a Unesco world heritage site, has long been the ideal spot for tired visitors to rest, and holds a special allure at sunset. But now they face being fined up to \u20ac400 (\u00a3370) as part of Rome\u2019s continued crackdown on unruly tourists. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/aug\/07\/rome-spanish-steps-fascist-style-measures-against-tourists\" target=\"_blank\">Tourists face \u20ac250 fines for sitting on Spanish Steps in Rome<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police began patrolling 18th-century marble steps on Tuesday, blowing whistles at those sitting downThe authorities in Rome have been accused of applying \u201cfascist-style\u201d measures after police began shooing resting tourists away from the staircase of the famous Spanish Steps.Police began patrolling the 18th-century marble steps on Tuesday, blowing whistles at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}