A Baroque-style fountain at the base of the Spanish Steps in Rome was turned black by Italian climate activists on Saturday in a protest they said alluded to the “end of the world.”
Before being led away by police, three anti-climate change activists from the group Last Generation threw a carbon-based liquid made of vegetables into the famous fountain from the 17th century known to Romans as La Barcaccia.
The famous Italian sculptor Pietro Bernini created the boat-shaped fountain.
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According to Last Generation, the discovery of a boat in the Piazza in 1598 after it had been swept onshore by a swollen Tiber river is said to have inspired him.
Last Generation said in a statement that turning the water black “foreshadows the ‘end of the world’ scenario we are heading for, as we increasingly step on the accelerator: drought alternating with devastating floods, which will put an end to life on Earth, along with heat waves.”
Story was adapted from rfi
