Rome's iconic Trevi Fountain was
coloured red for the second time in 10 years after an Italian
man poured dye into the famed waters where tourists toss coins
to make sure they will return to the Eternal City. The man was
stopped by traffic wardens who took him to a police office.
Access to the fountain was cordoned off after the incident.
Hundreds of curious tourists snapped photos and selfies while
the police officers completed their work of putting up a
perimeter around the fountain. On October 19 2007 the Trevi
waters of turned blood red after a man threw paint into the
basin in a bizarre act of vandalism apparently inspired by the
Futurists of the early 20th century.
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