Pictures of the church of three fountains.
Legend relates that, when St Paul was decapitated, his head bounced three times and fountains miraculously sprang up at each place where it touched the ground. However, the springs, called the Aquae Salviae, as in the Latin name for the church, were known in pre-Christian times, and excavations have revealed ancient mosaic pavements. It is also said^{[citation needed]} that there was a stone pine tree at the place where Paul was martyred, and the traditional identification of this place with the site of his martyrdom was strengthened when ancient stone-pine cones were found here during excavations in 1857.(Wikipedia)