Rome has seen a flurry of headlines in recent weeks about foreign tourists disrespecting the city's cultural heritage, from crashing drones into landmark buildings to jumping into historic fountains. The latest incident occurred on Friday afternoon when police caught a tourist in the waters of Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers in Piazza Navona.

In addition to receiving a fine, which can be up to €450, the tourist was handed a 'daspo' temporary ban from the area, reports Rome online newspaper RomaToday. Also last week a man was filmed taking a midday dip in Bernini's Fountain of Triton in Piazza Barberini, without being caught by police, and two Dutch tourists were fined after getting into the Trevi Fountain.