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A bunch referred to as Ultima Generazione or Last Generation have poured what they described as a charcoal-based black liquid into the water of the Barcaccia fountain on the base of the Spanish Steps in central Rome.
The group posted a video on Twitter, displaying three males and a lady contained in the fountain opening paper baggage of a black powder.
“It is absurd that this gesture should shock you, when we are experiencing a drought emergency that is putting agriculture, energy production in crisis,” the group stated within the tweet.
The group was stopped by Carabinieri officers and Rome Capital police on Saturday, a police spokesperson stated.
They are in custody pending prices of defacing a public monument and getting into a fountain.
The water remained black with seen stains to the marble fountain on Saturday afternoon.
Rome’s mayor Roberto Gualtieri visited the fountain – designed by Pietro Bernini in 1629 – and posted a photograph of himself staring on the inky water.
“Rome is at the forefront in the fight against climate change and in the protection of the artistic heritage,” he stated.
“Throwing black liquid into the Barcaccia, risking ruining it, is an absolutely wrong gesture that does not help the environment,” he added, saying work was below means to make sure there was no everlasting harm.
The identical group glued themselves to a plinth within the Vatican museums, to Sandro Botticelli’s “Primavera” masterpiece on the Uffizi galleries in Florence and to the Unique Forms of Continuity in Space statue on the Museo del Novecento in Milan final 12 months.
They are additionally dealing with prices in Rome for throwing orange paint on the Italian Senate façade in January this 12 months.
Source: www.cnn.com