Carcer Tullianum
- 1.Mamertine Prison or Carcer Tullianum is the oldest prison in Rome, built by King Anco Marzio in the 7th century BC. The enemies and traitors of the Roman people and state prisoners were locked up and executed in the monument, and it is the place where the apostles Peter and Paul were imprisoned before undergoing martyrdom. According to legend, while St.Peter descending into the prison, fell and his head hit the wall, leaving the imprint of his head on a rock, which now protected by a metal net.
The name Tullianum seems to derive from the Latin “Tullus” due to the presence of a spring of water. From the Middle Ages, around the 7th century AD, the place began to be called the Mamertine Prison, underwent a Christianization and transformed into chapels on which the church of San Giuseppe dei Falegnami was then built.
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