A different tour of Rome. Civis Romanus sum

Under the church of San Giuseppe Falegname, there is the most famous prison of the ancient Rome: the Mamertinum. This prison was considered by Romans as a negative place because of the lot of people who found his death here: for example Caius Graccus and Catilinae (a revolutionary). But surely the most famous prisoner it's been S. Peter (other versions of the story tell us that there was also S. Paul with him). The story tells that he was chained here and that his guards didn't give him anything to eat or drink: so Peter made a tullus (the name of this part of the prison became Tullianum) a well and with the water of this well he baptized his guards Processo and Martiniano. Then he escaped with the help of an angel. Another detail of the story describe S. Peter that, when he was going down the stairs to reach the prison, fell and hit the wall with his head, leaving his mark on the same wall. To visit the Mamertinum (9-12 am / 2:30-5 pm) you have to go to Via dei Fori Imperiali, just after the temple Concordia. If you have any questions post me a comment. Dblk.