Rome is a city filled with too many attractions to count on ten hands even if you them. To pick just a couple places to visit is hard. Being here for seven weeks has given me the opportunity to see much more than I ever imagined. While looking through my guidebook I found another place that really looks interesting and would love to visit. This place is Sant’ Agnese fuori le Mura. This looks interesting to me because under the church there are catacombs you can visit with an entrance fee. These catacombs seem more interesting to me than others because there is a crypt that holds St.Agnes who was buried there in 304 A.D. The story of St.Agnes was what really interested me. She was a thirteen year old martyr who was ordered to be exposed naked by Emperor Diocletian. He did this because he was furious that she rejected the advances of a young man at his court. The best part of the story is that after being ordered to be exposed naked supposedly her hair miraculously grew to protect her modesty. An added bonus is before or after the catacombs you can check out the church above.
*Rome Eyewitness Travel Guides. DK Publishers.
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