Culture Minister Alberto Bonisoli
said Thursday that a plan by the previous centre-left government
to make visitors to the Pantheon in Rome pay an entry ticket
have been ditched.
The Pantheon, originally a temple to all the Roman gods, is
one of Rome's most iconic monuments.
A church today, it contains the tomb of Renaissance painter
Raphael.
"The Pantheon will remain free," Bonisoli said.
"On the contrary to what my predecessor decided in 2017, no
entry ticket will be introduced.
"A measure of this kind would have limited the tradition free
access to the capital's churches of worship and created a
barrier between the monument and the square it is in".
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