Man Turned Trevi Fountain Red in Protest

By Alex in Crime & Law, Politics, Travel on Oct 20, 2007 at 1:31 pm

Someone threw a bucket of red paint into Rome’s Trevi Fountain, and turned the tourist attraction bright red!

Experts said the baroque fountain was not permanently damaged and the marble statues depicting the sea deity Neptune on his chariot had not absorbed the color.

The news agency ANSA reported that a box was found near the fountain containing leaflets by a group that claimed responsibility for the act.
The leaflets said the red paint was a protest for expenses incurred in organizing the Rome Film Festival and symbolically referred to the event’s red carpet, ANSA reported.

Link (with a few more pics) – Thanks Jee!


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  1. Crumbs
    Oct 20th, 2007 at 3:08 pm

    wow – what a great statement… for such a unremarkable cause.

  2. Crumbs
    Oct 20th, 2007 at 3:10 pm

    surely, you know I meant to say “an”

  3. KB
    Oct 20th, 2007 at 3:12 pm

    Hey lets ruin priceless works of art for our cause THAT’LL SHOW ‘EM!

  4. The Slapster
    Oct 20th, 2007 at 3:50 pm

    From the Link:

    “There shouldn’t be any relevant damage,” said Eugenio La Rocca, superintendent for Rome’s monuments.

    Hardly ruined.

  5. stevo
    Oct 20th, 2007 at 5:32 pm

    such a worthy cause….sniff….keep fighting the man little guy!

  6. James Laughton
    Oct 20th, 2007 at 5:47 pm

    But it said

    “…the baroque fountain was not permanently damaged”

    didn’t you read it all!

  7. Weakly
    Oct 20th, 2007 at 6:18 pm

    We must put a stop to artistic expression in Rome!

  8. ted
    Oct 21st, 2007 at 7:43 am

    Dumping paint in a fountain is artistic expression? Couldn’t he just have tossed in a white canvas or maybe kissed it?

  9. Mike
    Oct 21st, 2007 at 9:58 am

    I am glad it was not ruined. The A**holes have no respect for anything, there are better ways of protesting. How would he like it if someone threw a bucket of red paint all over his car or home? Should he be caught they ought to tie him up and let people throw red paint all over him for 2 days.

  10. dan
    Oct 21st, 2007 at 12:31 pm

    if the paint would had damaged the fountain i would hope that the culprits get the death sentence

  11. Weakly
    Oct 21st, 2007 at 5:56 pm

    @ted: I should have put my comment in quotes, as in Rome is probably not the best place for those protestors to be making their stance against artistic expression, be it a film fest or a fountain.

    Yup, jokes are always funnier when you explain them. :(

  12. ted
    Oct 22nd, 2007 at 6:56 pm

    Yup. Wasn’t sure where people’s sympathies were with this one. Damn sarcasm meter – acting up again.


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