8The white stone fountain has been black…and red

In 1996 the fountain was turned off and draped in black crepe to honor actor Marcello Mastroianni after his death. Mastroianni starred in La Dolce Vita, a movie whose most famous scene was filmed in the Trevi Fountain, making the fountain more famous than ever.

In 2007 the fountain wore a different color after a vandal dumped a liquid substance into the fountain turning the water red.