Over time, the Mamertine Prison — which was in use until the fourth century — “became a place of Christian worship,” Father D’Orazio explained, ... Peter and Paul inside the Carcer.

The Mamertine Prison, which sits on the slope of the Capitoline Hill, was used as a holding cell for short periods before executions and, ... Inside the "Carcer Mamertinus"Image: ...

"It was a place of detention but also a place of disappearance." An ancient Roman prison which boasts a couple of saints as former inmates reopened in the heart of the eternal city Wednesday after ...

HOLY PLACES: The Mamertine Prison Saturday, April 07, 2012 — updated on January 04, 2021 Thank you for reading Nation.Africa. Show plans ...

Mamertine Prison, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...