Rome’s Protestant Cemetery, Cimitero Acattolico, is situated in a quiet and leafy corner of the Testaccio area. It’s an easy walk from the Piramide metro stop, with stunning views of the Pyramid of Cestius. The pyramid and one part of the Aurelian Walls both provide a boundary. It’s the final resting place of Goethe, Shelley and Keats, as well as many other individuals from around the world who made the eternal city their homes.
Keats’ burial place is an oasis in a corner spot, with the pyramid looking on.
His iconic epitaph suggests something of the state of mind of the ailing and unsuccessful poet who spent his final days in Rome.
This Celtic Cross was yet another reminder of a faraway homeland…
As with Milan’s Monumental Cemetery, the monuments came in all shapes and sizes here, and all ages and nationalities were represented.
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