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A few minute's walk from Piazza Navona, there's a square called Campo de' Fiori (field of flowers), known for a lively outdoor market of, not just flowers but also fruits, vegetables, fish, meat, cheese, etc.  I was not really hungry but I couldn't resist picking up a couple of juicy peaches that looked so good.  After washing them, I sat by a fountain and sank my teeth into one of them.

The square was mildly crowded then but I heard that it's usually packed with the young crowd every night.  Peaceful as it may appear, Campo de' Fiori was a rough neighborhood during the Renaissance period and the time before that.  Giordano Bruno, an Italian philosopher and a Dominican friar, was executed right here in 1600 for endorsing Copernicus' heliocentric theory.  Today his statue stands in the middle of the square.

"It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority.  Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people." - Giordano Bruno


Roma, Italia XXXV

A larger image of this painting is available on request.
Media: Original watercolor on paper
Image Size: 8.25 x 11.5 inches (21 x 29 cm)
Mat/Frame: No
Purchase: Sold