Rome’s multimillion-dollar cooling plaza is too hot to use

Name: Rome’s multimillion-dollar cooling plaza is too hot to use
Uploaded: 2026-07-28T17:35:36+00:00
Description: Rome spent millions redesigning a piazza near the Vatican with shade trees, misting stations and fountains to help people beat the heat. Just over a year later, many of the trees have died, the water features have stopped working and some benches are too hot to sit on. CNN’s Barbie Latza Nadeau explains.

CNN — Jul 28, 17:35 PM — 1min

Rome spent millions redesigning a piazza near the Vatican with shade trees, misting stations and fountains to help people beat the heat.

Just over a year later, many of the trees have died, the water features have stopped working and some benches are too hot to sit on.

CNN’s Barbie Latza Nadeau explains.