Campo de' Fiori
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Campo de' Fiori is a rectangular square south of Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy, at the border between the rioni Parione and Regola. It is diagonally southeast of the Palazzo della Cancelleria and one b
The daily market with the statue of Giordano Bruno in the background
Campo de' Fiori in the 1740s, etching by Giuseppe Vasi
The monument to the philosopher Giordano Bruno at the centre of the square
A close-up of the statue of Giordano Bruno
Giordano Bruno
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Giordano Bruno was an Italian philosopher, Dominican friar and priest, poet, alchemist, astronomer, cosmological theorist, and esotericist. He is known for his cosmological theories, which conceptuall
Campo de' Fiori
…family seal is still on display on the house facade. Executions used to be held publicly in Campo de' Fiori. Here, on 17 February 1600, the philosopher Giordano Bruno was burnt alive for heresy, and all of his works were placed on the Index of Forbidden Books by the Holy Office. In 1889, Ettore Ferrari dedicated a…
Portrait from Opere di Giordano Bruno (1830)
The earliest depiction of Bruno is an engraving published in 1715 in Germany, presumed based on a lost contemporary portrait.
Woodcut from "Articuli centum et sexaginta adversus huius tempestatis mathematicos atque philosophos", Prague 1588
The trial of Giordano Bruno by the Roman Inquisition; bronze relief by Ettore Ferrari, Campo de' Fiori, Rome