With this itinerary we will visit the places of St Peter's great witness of faith in Rome: the Mamertine Prison and the great Vatican Basilica dedicated to him.
We will experience a unique and precious journey of faith, history and art.
The itinerary begins with a visit to the Mamertine Prison, St Peter's prison. Here, according to tradition, the Apostles Peter and Paul lived their last days before being executed. While awaiting execution they continued their mission, baptising their jailers and many prisoners. From this place their journey towards martyrdom began.
Following the itinerary of the audio guides dedicated to the centre of Rome, you can walk to St Peter's Square and the Vatican.
St. Peter's Basilica was built in 324 A.D. by Emperor Constantine near the Circus of Nero right on the site of Peter's martyrdom and burial. Over the centuries, the majestic sacred building that we see today, the largest church ever built by human hand, has developed on this tomb that still stands today.
The suggested itinerary starts from the Mamertine Prison and ends at St Peter's Basilica. However, the visitor is free to take it independently, visiting the sites in the order he or she prefers, respecting the time booked for the guided tour of St. Peter's Basilica.
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PRM AT MAMERTINE PRISON
Given the specific nature of the place, there are limitations on visits by people with reduced mobility.
The Mamertine Prison, formerly called Tullianum by the Romans, located at the foot of the Capitol and near the Roman Forum, the oldest prison in Rome, a place of suffering and death for many centuries, a maximum security prison for enemies awaiting execution. Here, according to tradition, the Apostles Peter and Paul lived out their last days before being executed.
While awaiting execution they continued their mission, baptizing their jailers and many prisoners. From this place began their journey to martyrdom.
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Saint Peter, after his first two trips to the capital of the Empire around 48 AD and 54 AD, returned around 67 AD, during the first persecutions of Nero, born after the fire of Rome and was among the first to be captured, imprisoned in the terrible Mamertine Prison and then martyred. in the Circus of Nero and Caligula, in the area where the great basilica currently stands.
Saint Peter's Basilica was built in 324 AD by Emperor Constantine near the Circus of Nero, right on the site of Peter's martyrdom and burial. On this tomb that still stands today in the deep heart of the Basilica, the majestic sacred building that we see today has developed over the centuries, the largest church ever built by human hands. Great artists such as Michelangelo, Bernini, Raphael have left their highest testimonies of beauty.
This Basilica is the ideal center of Christianity, the seat of the successors of Peter. The history of the Church has passed here, of its pontiffs, of its Ecumenical Councils and of its Jubilees that have seen millions of pilgrims from all over Europe and the world come to confirm their faith on the tomb of Peter.
The history of Europe has also passed here: many kings and emperors such as Charlemagne have been crowned here; kings and queens have come to bring the sign of their nations' fidelity to the Christian faith.
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