Explore underground Ancient Rome and the mysteries of pagan faith!

This tour will unveil the amazing continuity of pagan faith into christian religion as well as the attempt to delete the fascination and power of the Roman gods. Religion for the Romans and the Greeks was not just a matter of personal belief but most of all a powerful tool for the creation of a social, political, spiritual identity of those people; the raise of the new Christian religion destroyed systematically the evidence of pagan faith but converted as well pagan temples and houses into churches. Everyday life in the past is still told by such ruins: small Christian communities, private residences and shrines were later turned into impressive churches (as S. Giovanni and Paolo) while dangerous competitors as the god Mithras were associated to Jesus (S. Clemente); primeval sanctuaries were literally deleted, being covered by churches and deleting any evidence of previous cults (S. Nicholas). The underground of Rome still hides incredible secrets and this tour offers you a chance to experience all this!