On my return, I saw these stairs in the church of S.Giovanni di Laterani.

They also pretend to show the place where the Saviour was brought out before the multitude by Pilate.

A little distance off, in the midst of a dark vault, they shew the traveller the stone to which Jesus was bound when "they scourged Him." We ascended the highest terrace of this house, as this spot affords the best view of the magnificent mosque of Omar, standing in a large courtyard.

With this exterior view the traveller is fain to be content; for the Turks are here much more fanatical than those in Constantinople and many other towns, so that an attempt to penetrate even into the courtyard would be unsuccessful; the intruder would run the risk of being assailed with a shower of stones.

But in proportion as the Turks are strict in the observance of their own ceremonies and customs, so they respect those Christians who are religious and devotional.
Every Christian can go with perfect impunity to pray at all the places which are sacred in his eyes, without fear of being taunted or annoyed by the Turkish passers-by.