Roma in Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Latium, Rome, Italy — Central Italy (Tyrrhenian Coast)

Giordano Bruno

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, August 2, 2025

1. Giordano Bruno Marker

Inscription.
A Bruno
Il secolo da lui divinato qui dove il rogo arse

[English translation of Italian text:]
To Bruno
The age he predicted, here where the stake burned

Erected 1889 by the Freemasons of Italy.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious Structures • Science & Medicine. A significant historical date for this entry is February 17, 1600.

Location. 41° 53.736′ N, 12° 28.331′ E. Marker is in Roma, Lazio (Latium, Rome), in Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale. It is on Campo de' Fiori. The statue is at the center of Campo de' Fiori. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Roma, Lazio 00186, Italy. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in Europe,

the European Union,

the Schengen Area,

a coastal Mediterranean country,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Byzantine Empire

and specifically also the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Campo dei Fiori (within shouting distance of this marker); Pio Papa IX / Pope Pius IX (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Guido Rattoppatore (about 120 meters away); Parione (about 120 meters away); Hotel Teatro di Pompeo (about 120 meters away); Libreria Croce (about 150 meters away); Piazza Massimo Alle Colonne (about 180 meters away); Palazzo del Monte di Pietà / Palace of the Pawnshop (about 180 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Roma.

Regarding Giordano Bruno. This 1889 statue marks

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the spot where Giordano Bruno, the 16th-century Italian philosopher, was executed after being convicted of heresy by the Roman Catholic Church. After a lengthy trial before the Roman Inquisition during which he defended his position but refused to recant, Bruno was declared a heretic by Pope Clement VIII and sentenced to death. On February 17, 1600, Bruno was burned alive at the stake at this spot at the center of Campo de' Fiori in Rome. His ashes were thrown into the Tiber River.

Also see . . . Giordano Bruno. A bio from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Excerpt: "Giordano Bruno (1548–1600) was one of the most adventurous thinkers of the Renaissance. Supremely confident in his intellectual abilities, he ridiculed Aristotelianism, especially its contemporary adherents."

(Submitted on September 5, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)

Giordano Bruno statue image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, August 2, 2025

2. Giordano Bruno statue

Relief on the base of the Giordano Bruno statue image. Click for full size.

Jastrow, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, September 3, 2006

3. Relief on the base of the Giordano Bruno statue

A close-up of one of the reliefs on the base of the statue, featuring a scene from his trial in front of the Roman Inquisition.

Giordano Bruno statue in Campo de' Fiori image. Click for full size.

Daryl Mitchell (CC BY-SA 2.0), courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, June 6, 2014

4. Giordano Bruno statue in Campo de' Fiori

Giordano Bruno image. Click for full size.

Published by Frankfurt and Leipzig, 1715

5. Giordano Bruno

This 18th-century engraving is the oldest known depiction of Giordano Bruno.

Campo de' Fiore image. Click for full size.

By Myrabella (CC BY-SA 3.0), courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, circa 2009

6. Campo de' Fiore

Credits. This page was last revised on September 5, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 5, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 122 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on September 5, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.