Black and White Photography | Rome Photos | Simon Griffee » Campo de’ Fiori http://romebw.com Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:31:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Giordano Bruno http://romebw.com/giordano-bruno http://romebw.com/giordano-bruno#comments Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:54:58 +0000 admin http://romebw.com/?p=229 The statue of Giordano Bruno, often thought of as a martyr for free thinking, freedom of speech and modern scientific ideas. He was burned at the stake as a heretic by the Roman Inquisition near Campo de’ Fiori, where his statue by Ettore Ferrari was erected facing the Vatican.

An interesting property of this photograph: if you stand back and look at it, a circle around the statue’s head formed by the clouds in the background becomes prominent.

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