St. Peter in Gallicantu is built on the site believed to have been the house of Caiaphas, the High Priest during time of Jesus. 
A statue depicts the scene where Peter denies Christ and the rooster crows. 
These are the ornate main doors into the building. 
Mass was in session on the main floor, so we quietly descended to a lower chapel area which was built into the rock and supports the chapel above.
Three paintings are located behind the altar.
We went to the “sacred pit,” a jail within Caiaphas’ home, where all sorts of religious criminals could have been housed at one time or another.
It is believed Jesus may have been detained here prior to his crucifixion. Of course, we had a nice stairway to descend. I imagine prisoners were often lowered through the hole or perhaps thrown down.
This would have certainly been a cold, lonely place. There is a small area where our group of 30 crowded around a podium while one of the men read Psalm 88, a very appropriate psalm for the occasion. It is written in multiple languages and available in a binder for worshipers to use when they come down into the pit.
The grounds reveal a first century stone stairway and path. If this was indeed Caiaphas’ house, Jesus could have walked this very path. It leads from here toward the Old City.
Oh, if all these stones could talk….. (makes me think of Luke 19:40).
The photo below is taken from the Mount of Olives. St Peter in Gallicantu is on top of the hill in the distance near the center of the photo. 
From here, we leave the time of Jesus and travel back into an area made famous during Old Testament times: The Valley of Elah.