One of Rome’s most famous open air markets is the Campo de’ Fiori (Field of Flowers). The name originates from the daisies, poppies and other wildflowers that once graced the square. It is open until early afternoon, from Monday to Saturday, and is full of colour, aroma and bustle.
The campo is also home to many restaurants and bars, and can be quite lively at night. It used to be the site for public executions, but that practice stopped over 500 years ago, thank goodness.
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I think we should start with a nice guillotine with some hanging baskets around it. Far better than some hanging people – so untidy.
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See, I just knew you were the person for the job. Perhaps some salami be used for the festive decking also.
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Could they perhaps combine executions with flowers? At least the executee will have something nice to look at in the last few minutes.
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I think I’ll hire you as the event planner, Andrew. You have good ides. 🙂
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I’m glad you see local produce instead of executions these days.
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Mind you, that would make one heck of a blog post, eh! 🙂
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Could be a little gruesome!
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What a great market.
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Btw, Jane, they are sweet chestnuts (Castanea sativa), not horse chestnuts (Aesculus hippocastanum). The shells may look fuzzy, but they are really prickly.
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when I was a kid, my grandparents had a farm north of Atlanta—long before urban sprawl encroached on that once predominately rural and pastoral land. There was a chestnut tree on the property. I can remember having to go gather the fallen nuts, many still in the spiny shell. The first line of business was if it was warm, wear shoes, secondly, don’t grab with gusto, be careful!
I also remember being in Rome and watching the guy on the street corner roasting chestnuts for customers…can’t wait to see that again—thank you for the sweet but pokey memories 🙂
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There are chestnut trees galore in the area where I now live. I may not volunteer to help gather them.
You’ll go to Rome with such different eyes, Julie. 😊
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The better to see you with my dear 🤗
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Just love your pictures of the chestnuts, terrific. And I love the Campo de’ Fiori too.
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Thank you so much, Mari. They were irresistible.
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Well I loved it when I saw it 40+ years ago, even if ‘you know who’ found an excuse to get grumpy.
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What! You got grumpy? 🙂
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No! him.
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There were a couple of Roma taxi drivers who I would have liked to see at the campo, not 500 years ago, just 13 years ago for the amusement of those present 👿
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You had better tell us the whole story, M’Lord.
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Why?
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There’s always a Goody-two-shoes who stops all the fun. If they still did the executions there be an even bigger more exciting market and the world wouldn’t be in the mess it’s in.
I love the unusual gourds in picture 2!
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Yea, but the campo would get rather messy, BA.
I liked the gourds and chestnuts the best out of all the offerings in the market.
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I have chestnuts on my lawn – not good for mowing the lawn in bare feet!
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That’ll teach you a good lesson.
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What is the first item? Love the fuzzy shell! So glad you had such a lovely tr!
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Those are chestnuts. I love the look of them in their coverings, like little porcupines.
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Ah….completely a scale meltdown. I was thinking large grain of corn….size wise. So silly….and I’ve never seen them in their prickliness. Thanks to all!
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