(Rome) Environmental activists blackened the water at a monumental Roman fountain in Rome’s Piazza di Spagna, during a protest they said evoked an ‘end of the world’ scenario.
Three activists from the Last Generation organization poured vegetable-based liquid carbon into the Barcacciaa 17th century baroque masterpiecee century located at the foot of the Trinité-des-Monts staircase, before being escorted by the police.
The fountain, in the shape of a boat, was designed by the famous Italian sculptor Pietro Bernini.
PHOTO PROVIDED BY LAST GENERATION VIA AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Turning the water black “foreshadows the ‘end of the world’ scenario we are heading towards, as we press ever harder on the accelerator: drought alternating with devastating floods, which will end life on Earth “, said Last Generation in a press release.
Last Generation began staging peaceful but disruptive protests in Italy last year ahead of general elections, urging politicians of all parties to make climate change their priority.
PHOTO CECILIA FABIANO, ASSOCIATED PRESS
An activist is pulled out of the fountain.
The protests in Italy are part of a series of actions across Europe to draw attention to climate change.
Activists doused soup, mashed potatoes or washable paint on various heritage sites or art objects in museums.