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| Rome's Trevi fountain turns red after activist uses dye to protest 'corruption' | Rome's Trevi fountain turns red after activist uses dye to protest 'corruption' |
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| An Italian activist has poured red dye into the Trevi Fountain 10 years after he pulled the same stunt. | An Italian activist has poured red dye into the Trevi Fountain 10 years after he pulled the same stunt. |
| Graziano Cecchini insisted that the dye wouldn’t harm the fountain and was intended as a protest against Rome’s corruption and filth. | Graziano Cecchini insisted that the dye wouldn’t harm the fountain and was intended as a protest against Rome’s corruption and filth. |
| According to witnesses, Cecchini managed to climb onto the side of the fountain and pour the dye in, turning the Trevi pool into a murky red lake. Police escorted him from the scene. | According to witnesses, Cecchini managed to climb onto the side of the fountain and pour the dye in, turning the Trevi pool into a murky red lake. Police escorted him from the scene. |
| In a statement, Cecchini said the protest was a “cry that Rome isn’t dead, that it’s alive and ready to return to be the capital of art, life and Renaissance.” | In a statement, Cecchini said the protest was a “cry that Rome isn’t dead, that it’s alive and ready to return to be the capital of art, life and Renaissance.” |
| Cecchini was also responsible for sending thousands of colored plastic balls down Rome’s Spanish Steps in 2008. | Cecchini was also responsible for sending thousands of colored plastic balls down Rome’s Spanish Steps in 2008. |
| By Thursday afternoon, authorities had turned off the Trevi’s hydraulics and were draining the fountain pool to prevent any damage from the dye. | By Thursday afternoon, authorities had turned off the Trevi’s hydraulics and were draining the fountain pool to prevent any damage from the dye. |
| “Actions like this display ignorance and a total lack of civic sense,” said the deputy mayor, Luca Bergamo. | “Actions like this display ignorance and a total lack of civic sense,” said the deputy mayor, Luca Bergamo. |
| During Cecchini’s first red Trevi stunt, a rightwing group claimed responsibility and said it was to protest at the cost of organising the Rome film festival. It said the red dye referred to the festival’s red carpet. | |
| The 2017 edition of the festival opened on Thursday. | The 2017 edition of the festival opened on Thursday. |