Rome The Campo de fiori And Colosseum Districts
The Piazza Campo de’ Fiori has been a meeting place for centuries. In the center of the plaza is a statue of Giordano Bruno, a monk burned for heresy in the year 1600.The not as well known Croatian born scientist Marco Antonio Dominis managed to die a natural death in September, 1624 but a few months later his heresy was declared manifest, and by order of the Inquisition his body was taken from the coffin, dragged through the streets of Rome, and publicly burnt in the Campo de’ Fiori, along with his works, a few days before Christmas of that same year.