Campo de' Fiori- late night

At about 10 p.m. the Campo starts to fill up with youth of all nationalities. Italians come to mingle with the tourists; tourists come to mingle with the Italians. Because Italy has no open container laws, you see scores of young people wandering through the Campo drinking a big Peroni or the some sort of cheap wine. It is this time of night when the statue of Giordano Bruno. By the end of the night this man’s statue is littered with a myriad of alcoholic bottles which are soon to be picked up by the fluorescent colored Roma waste management workers. I can’t help but feel like Mr. Bruno would be turning over in his grave if he could see this. One’s patience is also tested at the Campo during the night. Flocks of gypsies confront you trying to pawn of some of their junky goods. The Campo doesn’t seem to quiet down until around 1 or 2 on weeknights, and after 3 a.m. on the weekends.