パンテオン神殿、入場料５ユーロ徴収開始　伊ローマ

【ローマＡＦＰ＝時事】イタリア・ローマの観光名所パンテオン神殿で３日、入場料５ユーロ（約８００円）の徴収が始まった。（写真はイタリア・ローマにあるパンテオン神殿前で、入場チケットを購入するために並ぶ人々）
　約２０００年の歴史を持つパンテオン神殿は、ローマで最も古い建造物の一つ。７世紀の聖別以降は教会となっており、徴収した入場料はローマ教区と文化省に入る。
　未成年者とローマ市民は入場料が免除される。
　チケット購入の列に並んでいたフランス人観光客は、入場料の徴収で「訪問者が減ることはないと思う」とコメント。また、米国から訪問したという別の男性は入場料の５ユーロについて「妥当だ」と話した。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/07/04-16:50）

Rome's 2,000-year-old Pantheon started charging for entrance Monday, with tourists paying five euros ($5) to see Italy's most visited cultural site.
The building, one of the city's oldest and best loved, is currently a consecrated church and part of the proceeds from ticket sales will go towards the diocese of Rome, while the rest will go to the culture ministry.
Minors and Rome residents are exempt from paying.
The new charge won't stop many people coming to visit, French visitor Camille Piallat predicted, as he queued to buy his ticket in the sunshine.
Engineer Tim Witte, visiting from America, told AFP he thought five euros was a very reasonable price.
The other major churches in Rome, including St Peter's Basilica, are free to visit, but museums and monuments such as the Colosseum are ticketed.
One of the best-preserved relics of ancient Rome, the Pantheon is famed for its extraordinary dome, which measures 43 metres (140 feet) in diameter and includes a circular opening through which light and occasionally rain fall.
It was built as a temple in the first century BC before being radically rebuilt under Emperor Hadrian at the start of the second century AD.
After falling into neglect, it was given a new life after being consecrated as a church in the seventh century under Pope Boniface IV.