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domenica, maggio 15, 2005 

Campo dei fiori and its own ghost


Campo dei Fiori is a place where you can find more tourist than citizen of Rome. This is a beautiful square in which you can see the statue of a man. This man is Giordano Bruno. Here comes his story. We are in the Middle Age and Bruno was a philosopher who was respected from Romans for his mind. A spy of the Vatican tried to find out his secret, but he failed. Infact in Rome there was the idea that he was more than a simple man: Romans thought that he was a wizard with exstraordinary powers. So the philosopher was taken by the soldier of the Pope and accused of sorcery. So the 17 February 1600 he was burned alive in the middle of this square. So Romans are sometimes scared to stay here for a long time during the night, especially the 17 of February because of his ghost, who walks through the square. But he is not the only ghost of Campo de Fiori. Infact this area was a scaffold for a lot thieves and murderers. If you are looking for the ghost of this place, I strongly reccomends you to visit this square at 3:00 am.