Rome Sights

Carcere Mamertino

#532 of 963 things to do in Rome

#15841 of 49054 things to do in Europe

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  • Address
    • Clivo Argentario 1 Sant'Angelo
  • Transport
    • Piazza Venezia
  • Phone
    • 06 679 29 02
  • Hours
    • 9am-7pm Apr-Oct, 9am-5pm Nov-Mar

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Lonely Planet review for Carcere Mamertino

At the foot of the Campidoglio (Capitoline hill), the small church of San Pietro in Carcere was once a notorious prison (the Mamertine Prison) where prisoners were left to starve in the basement dungeon. St Peter was believed to have been imprisoned here and to have created a miraculous stream of water to baptise his jailers.

 

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