He is believed to have been crucified, head down, on the Vatican hill.

The name is taken from Vatican Hill, the geographic location of the state.

He was running up the original Vatican Hill!

Peter at the foot of the Vatican Hill.

At his death he was buried on the Vatican Hill, near the tomb of St.

The massive round corner tower that still crowns the Vatican hill has its origins in this construction campaign.

Thus, Vatican Hill has been within the walls and city limits of Rome for over 1100 years.

Tertullian accepted it as fact; by his day there was already a monument on the Vatican Hill, built about 160.

One of these streets, the Via Cornelia, ran north along the Vatican hill.

But somewhere between the Emperor's camp and the Vatican Hill, word spread to someone still loyal.

The mausoleum of Honorius was located on the Vatican Hill.

The Vatican Hill, on the west bank of the Tiber River, was leveled.

Vatican Hill was named after the fortune-tellers that used to gather here.Vates is Latin for seer of the future.

On 6 May, the Imperial army attacked the walls at the Gianicolo and Vatican Hills.

Much of the Vatican Hill was leveled to provide a firm foundation for the first St. Peter's Basilica.

In the same year he designed fortifications to defend the new mouth of the Tiber, and in 1561 directed the defense works at Vatican Hill.

The Vatican City State exercises authority over the tiny territory, mainly on the Vatican Hill.

Peter's on the Vatican Hill in Rome is a good example, and there are others along the main roads radiating from Rome.

All this was done to facilitate the integration of the Vatican Hill and Borgo with the heart of old Rome.

He was crucified by order of Nero and buried on the Vatican Hill, where now the Basilica stands which bears his name.

The Vatican Hill in Rome considered sacred to Peter was previously sacred to Mithras.

The intent was to gain a citadel of religion on the Vatican Hill, outside the city that had its focal point in the Capitol Hill.

The prisoners taken in battle were sent to work in chain gangs building the Leonine Wall which was to encompass the Vatican Hill.

The slope of the Vatican Hill had to be excavated, even though the church could much more easily have been built on level ground only slightly to the south.

The Museums celebrated their 500th anniversary in October 2006 by permanently opening the excavations of a Vatican Hill necropolis to the public.