Discover the ancient prison reserved for important state prisoners awaiting their execution where, according to tradition, Sts. Peter and Paul were imprisoned before their martyrdom. Top to bottom: ...

Located below the 16th century church of San Giuseppe dei Falegnami is a dark dungeon called Mamertine Prison (which was originally called Tullianum), which according to Christian legend, was the ...

The Mamertine Prison, a dingy complex of cells which now lies beneath a Renaissance church, has long been venerated as the place where the apostle was shackled before he was killed on the spot on ...

Rome, August 30 - Three quarters of the roof collapsed in a central Roman church Thursday but no one was hurt because it was closed - but the famed underlying ancient Roman Mamertine Prison was ...

The Mamertine Prison (a.k.a. Carcere Mamertino or San Pietro in Carcare) is an ancient prison at the foot of the Capitoline Hill in Rome. It consists of two gloomy underground cells where Rome’s ...

An ancient Roman prison which boasts a couple of saints as former inmates reopened in the heart of the eternal city Wednesday after three years of excavation and painstaking restoration works. The ...

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