CAMPO DEI FIORI
We go to the piazza Campo de' Fiori for its colourful market during the day, and in the evening to enjoy its unique atmosphere.
In the mornings (except Sundays), this square hosts one of the capital's most colorful markets. As its name suggests, the Campo dei Fiori was once a "field of flowers" before becoming, in the 16th century, a place of public executions. It was here, in 1600, that Giordano Bruno, the unorthodox monk astronomer, was burned; his execution for heresy has remained a symbol of the excesses of the Catholic Inquisition. When Rome became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy in 1870, the new government erected a statue of Bruno on the Campo dei Fiori as a challenge to the papacy.
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