Piazza Navona, one of the most beautiful squares in Rome, is slowly turning green due to the lack of footfallย  Romans during the COVID-19 quarantine.

Rome newspaperย Il Messaggeroย has published photographs, by Daniele Leone, showing grass growing in between theย sampietrini cobblestones in the Piazza Navona, as the capital enters the fourth week of lockdown. The piazza, which once hosted mock naval battles, has of course gone through variousย transformations down through the centuries, however, its latest look is slowly beginning to resemble a large urban lawn.