The Mamertine Prison is easy to get to if you're visiting the Colosseum, as it's a 15-minute walk. You can also easily access it through the back exit of the Roman Forum. However, that doesn't ...

ROME — Hidden below the Church of St. Joseph of the Carpenters, among the ruins of ancient Rome, lies the city’s oldest maximum-security prison: the Mamertine prison.

The restored Pyramid of Cestius, a somewhat bizarre mausoleum in Rome, adds range to the city's already eclectic patchwork of ...

Roma, 67 AD. After the great fire that burnt a great part of the city, Emperor Nero points Paul, Jesus' apostle, as guilty of the fire, arresting him and taking him to Mamertine Prison.

Our last evening in Rome, 25 years ago, my friend Maria and I entered the ancient Mamertine Prison, a bleak dungeon beneath a church. Rumor has it that both Peter and Paul were held there before ...

The church, called St Joseph the Carpenter, was built on top of the ancient Mamertine prison, where the defeated Gallic king Vercingetorix and Saints Peter and Paul are said to have been held.