Campo dei Fiori - Rome area, located south of the Piazza Navona in the border areas Parione and Regola. Nearby are the palaces of Palazzo della Cancelleria and the Palazzo Farnese. The name of the square translates from Italian as "field of flowers" - in the Middle Ages on this place was actually a meadow.

In ancient Rome, the territory of modern space remained unused as often occurs close to coming out of the bank of the Tiber. However, in the 13th century it began to appear the first structure, although for another two centuries, the area had no special significance. When Pope Boniface IX (1389-1404 years) was built the first church - Santa Brigida and Campo dei Fiori, which now stands next to the Piazza Farnese. In 1456, at the initiative of Cardinal Ludovico Trevisani area Campo dei Fiori was paved during the implementation of a large project for the beautification of the entire area Parione. At the same time in the vicinity of the square was erected several important buildings such as the Palazzo Orsini and the Renaissance Palace Palazzo della Cancelleria.

Campo dei Fiori has never had a specific shape from an architectural point of view, the area has always been a center of commerce and street culture. Names divergent from her streets as trade-related: Via dei Ballestrari (Street manufacturers crossbows), Via dei Baullari (street sunduchnikov) Via dei Cappellari (Street hatters), Via dei Chiavari (street locksmith) and Via dei Dzhubbonari (street tailors) .

In the second half of the 15th century, Campo dei Fiori has become a part of the so-called Papal road - Via Papale, which connected the Basilica of San Giovanni in Lateran and Vatican. This is the way the newly elected Pope drove from his residence to the Basilica in the Vatican, to "take the city." The emergence of the Via Papale has brought prosperity to the area - twice a week on the area worked as a horse market and in the area there are numerous inns, hotels and shops. The most famous of the inns, "Taverna della Vacca", still stands at the corner of Campo dei Fiori. Once it belonged Vannotstse dei Cattani, mistress of Alexander VI Borgia. Cattani family coat of arms on the facade preserved tavern.

In 1600, the square was publicly executed the philosopher Giordano Bruno - he was burned alive along with all his books, as amended by the Holy Inquisition banned list. And nearly three centuries later, at the place of execution of Giordano Bruno was a monument to the work of Ettore Ferrari - the philosopher defiantly looks towards Vatican. In the first days after the unification of Italy, the monument was perceived as a monument to the martyrs for freedom of thought.

Since 1869, at the Campo dei Fiori regularly work vegetable and fish markets are sometimes compete in agility local players, and by night the area becomes a meeting place for tourists and residents of Rome.