Every Christian who knows something about their own religion must hear about Via Appia Antica. They will remember the most popular story of the apostle Peter's escape from hostile Rome. When he wandered the ancient way, he met Jesus, who was walking towards the city.
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| Orginal footprints of Christ in St. Sebastiano church
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Peter asked, Quo Vadis Domine? ''Where are you going, My Lord?''' Jesus answered: ut Romam iterum crucifigi''—''to Rome to be crucified again''.
Saint Peter turned back; he died crucified at his own request with his head down because, as he said, he was not worthy to die like Christ. At the place where that famous meeting took place today stands the church under the name Quo Vadis Domine. In the church, on one of the stones, there are footprints belonging to Jesus. However, this is not the original stone; it is located in the nearby church of St. Sebastiano. Maybe it's just a legend, maybe not. But here, St. Peter changed his mind.
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| Copy of Jesus footprints in Quo Vadis Domine? |
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| Beautiful bust of Christ - Salvator Mundi , Gianlorenzo Bernini |
Many pilgrims touched the stone, which inevitably began to deteriorate; therefore, it was decided to move the stone and better secure it, and in the meeting place to put a replica. This story also inspired the Polish Nobel Prize winner Henryk Sienkiewicz to write the book Quo Vadis Domine?, For that book, he got the Nobel Prize. The story was filmed many times; the most famous version is the film with Klaus Maria Brandauer.
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| Quo Vadis Domine?-church interior |
Via Appia Antica was one of the most important roads of the ancient empire; it was called Regina viarum, the queen of roads; it was the beginning of all roads leading to the East. It connected the roads from the south of the empire to the east. On Via Appia, which Crassus ordered to crucify for a distance of 200 km, 6'000 defeated slaves who took part in the Spartacus uprising. Since the city was not allowed to hide the dead, there are numerous tombs of famous people from Rome, including the daughter-in-law of Crassus, Caecilia Metella. In the Middle Ages, the building was transformed into a castle. There are also ruins of the great Villa of Maxentius, and here is an ancient hippodrome. Part of the ancient road with time passes into a modern road with asphalt, on which people still move, so when you decide to visit a place, remember about cars while taking a photo. Part of the road is still ancient, and an archaeology park is closed to cars. In that part, nothing had changed since the Roman Empire.
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| Caecilia Metella grave |
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| Villa of Maxentius |
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