Sunday, June 15, 2008

Campo de' Fiori- history

The Campo is certainly an interesting place. A few places can be so different just by what time of day it is. A place this interesting makes you pretty curious about its history. The Campo was largely unused during ancient Rome and didn’t get its name until the Middle Ages. The name Campo de’ Fiori literally means “field of flowers”. Hundreds of years ago the Campo was just a meadow. In the 17th Century, many traders set up their posts in the Campo. It was interesting to learn that the surrounding streets are named after these craftsmen. In the coming years this would prove to be a pivotal stop in Rome as it served as a corridor for people traveling from San Giovanni in Laterno to the Vatican and back. It was around this time which the Campo was the host of public executions. The very prominent statue of Giordano Bruno was erected in 1887. And the market that you see in the Campo in the morning first started back in 1869. Much of this information can be attributed to wikipedia.org.

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