If you are ever in Campo de Fiori you might notice a statue of Giordano Bruno in the center of the piazza. The importance of this statue is what led me to choose Campo as my theme for a place in Rome. Giordano was burned alive for his beliefs at Campo. According to Rick Steve's many of his beliefs (one such that the world revolved around the sun) went against those of the Catholic church. It later turned out that many of Bruno's theories were proven right, and thus his statue was put in the center of the piazza. As such I have been told that many modern day political riots and protests, especially those dealing with dealing with freedoms and rights, start in the center of Campo. I think that it is incredible that he was given a statue some years later for his free thought, in the very place he died.
1. http://digidownload.libero.it/blaze0606/Giordano.Bruno1.jpg
2. Rick Steve's Rome 2009
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