Just south of here is Campo de'Fiori, with its food and flower market.

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On the corner Forno di Campo de'Fiori sells crispy, hot-from-the-oven pizza rossa (topped with tomato and oregano).

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About 16km east of Ventimiglia, San Remo is the most well-known city in the Riviera dei Fiori and marks the western boundary of the region.

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The fan was stabbed at the Drunken Ship bar in the Campo de' Fiori district and is understood to have suffered a serious injury to an artery.

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However, this is changing and certain areas - particularly those popular with a younger crowd - can get rowdy with tipsy teens (for example, around Campo de'Fiori and parts of Trastevere).

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Italian newspaper reports suggested the pair were caught after they boasted about their exploits on a bus and that there was CCTV evidence from the Campo de' Fiori, outside the Drunken Ship bar.

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Police investigators also say that the former special commissioner, nominated to oversee efforts to restore the ruins, Marcello Fiori as well as the then director of restoration, Luigi D'Amora, awarded irregular contracts to Ms Caccavo's firm, paying inflated prices.

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