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.

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.

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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 ...

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Things are a little more eventful at the Mamertine where Mauritius, a surprisingly open-minded prison governor, has begun to engage Paul in talk about his beliefs.