Have you see this? 😱 This is Santo Stefano Rotondo (Saint Stephen in the Round), the most ancient church in Rome.. in a round shape! This beautiful medieval church holds frescoes with 35 scenes of martyrdom of the first Christians. They are really detailed and they show any kind of torture and execution that the Roman emperors gave to these Christian martyrs: from beheading to stoning, to even putting them into a cauldron with boiling oil or having them eaten by lions. Some of the images are quite strong, and it’s quite shocking to us today to find them in such a lovely church! #rome #rometravel #rometips #hiddengems #secretplaces #romeplaces #thingstodo #colosseum