Tourists in Rome checking out the Pantheon, Italy's most-visited cultural site, will soon be charged a 5-euro ($5.28) entrance fee under a new agreement signed by Italian culture and church officials.
Tourists queue to visit Rome's Pantheon in Rome, Thursday, March 16, 2023. Visitors to Rome's Pantheon, Italy's most-visited cultural site, will soon be charged a 5-euros entrance fee under an agreement signed Thursday, March 16, 2023 by Italian culture and church officials. Tourists queue to visit Rome's Pantheon in Rome, Thursday, March 16, 2023.
Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano said the move was a matter of “good sense.” The introduction of an entrance fee comes five years after a previous government shelved plans to start charging visitors 2 euros. The monumental domed structure, originally an ancient Roman temple, last year attracted 60,803 visitors, topping the Colosseum’s 38,360. The Pantheon was transformed into a church in 609, called the Basilica of St. Mary and the Martyrs, and Mass is regularly celebrated there.
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