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Rome Cracks Down on Revelers

New ordinance forbids eating, drinking, noise

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(Newser) – Rome's residents and visitors had best behave themselves for the next 4 months: An experimental ordinance bans eating and drinking in the streets of the Eternal City, and cracks down on hooligans who want to "shout, sing or be noisy," Reuters reports. The newly elected mayor enacted the law, which applies through October in "areas of historic, cultural or artistic value."

A poster for
A poster for "La Dolce Vita," which helped make the Trevi Fountain even more of a tourist magnet.   (Archive Photos)
Cleaners work on the Spanish Steps and the Barcaccia fountain in Rome after a man dumped what he said were some 500,000 colored balls down the steps, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008.
Cleaners work on the Spanish Steps and the Barcaccia fountain in Rome after a man dumped what he said were some 500,000 colored balls down the steps, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008.   (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Children splash in the Trevi Fountain in Rome, June 25, 2007. The mayor wants a crackdown on this sort of rambunctious behavior.
Children splash in the Trevi Fountain in Rome, June 25, 2007. The mayor wants a crackdown on this sort of rambunctious behavior.   (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
Tourists eat ice cream in front of Rome's Trevi Fountain, an activity that recently became illegal.
Tourists eat ice cream in front of Rome's Trevi Fountain, an activity that recently became illegal.   (Getty Images (by Event))
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