Shelley's Tomb in the Protestant Cemetery in Rome, an 1873 painting by Walter Crane. The tombstone in the foreground is actually that of John Keats; the Pyramid of Cestius is in the background.

The Protestant Cemetery (Italian: Cimitero protestante), officially called the Cimitero acattolico ("Non-Catholic Cemetery") and often referred to as the Cimitero degli Inglesi ("English Cemetery") is a cemetery in Rome, located near Porta San Paolo alongside the Pyramid of Cestius, a small-scale Egyptian-style pyramid built in 30 BCE as a tomb and later incorporated into the section of the Aurelian Walls that borders the cemetery. Mediterranean cypress trees and other foliage in the cemetary cause it to mirror the more natural style of cemeteries seen in the lusher regions of northern Europe. As the name of the cemetery indicates, it is the final resting place of non-Catholics (not only Protestants or English people). Shelleys Tomb in the Protestant Cemetery in Rome - Painted by Walter Crane, 1873. ... Shelleys Tomb in the Protestant Cemetery in Rome - Painted by Walter Crane, 1873. ... Walter Crane (August 15, 1845 - March 14, 1915) was a significant English artist. ... John Keats John Keats (October 31, 1795 – February 23, 1821) was one of the principal poets in the English Romantic movement. ... Pyramid of Cestius engraved by Giovanni Battista Piranesi The Pyramid of Cestius (in Italian, Piramide di Caio Cestio or Piramide Cestia) is an Egyptian-style pyramid in Rome, Italy near the Porta San Paolo and the Protestant Cemetery. ... Graves at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York A cemetery is a place (usually an enclosed area of land) in which dead bodies are buried. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2. ... The Porta San Paolo is one of the southern gates in the ancient but well-preserved 3rd century Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy. ... Pyramid of Cestius engraved by Giovanni Battista Piranesi The Pyramid of Cestius (in Italian, Piramide di Caio Cestio or Piramide Cestia) is an Egyptian-style pyramid in Rome, Italy near the Porta San Paolo and the Protestant Cemetery. ... The pyramids of Egypt, some of which are among the largest man-made constructions ever conceived , constitute one of the most potent and enduring symbols of Ancient Egyptian civilization. ... Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC - 30s BC - 20s BC 10s BC 0s 10s 20s Years: 35 BC 34 BC 33 BC 32 BC 31 BC 30 BC 29 BC 28 BC 27 BC 26 BC... A tomb is a small building (or vault) for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. ... The Aurelian Walls were built between 270 and 273, by Roman Emperor Aurelian. ... Binomial name Cupressus sempervirens L. The Mediterranean Cypress Cupressus sempervirens is a species of cypress native to the eastern Mediterranean region, in northeast Libya, southeast Greece (Crete, Rhodes), southern Turkey, Cyprus, western Syria, Lebanon and western Jordan, and also a disjunct population in Iran. ... Northern Europe is marked in dark blue Northern Europe is a name of the northern part of the European continent. ... Protestantism is a movement within Christianity, representing a splitting away from the Roman Catholic Church during the mid-to-late Renaissance in Europe —a period known as the Protestant Reformation. ... The English are an ethnic group generally associated with England and the English language. ...

The earliest known burial is that of an Oxford student named Langton in 1738. The most famous graves are those of the English poets John Keats (1795-1821) and Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822). Keats died in Rome of tuberculosis. His epitaph, which does not mention him by name, is by his friends Joseph Severn and Charles Brown: "This grave contains all that was mortal, of a YOUNG ENGLISH POET, Who on his Death Bed, in the Bitterness of his Heart, at the Malicious Power of his Enemies, Desired these Words to be engraven on his Tomb Stone: Here lies One Whose Name was writ in Water." Shelley drowned off the Italian Riviera and was cremated on the shore near Viareggio. His ashes were interred in the Protestant Cemetery; his heart, which his friend Edward John Trelawny had snatched from the flames, was kept by his widow Mary Shelley until her death and buried with her in Bournemouth. The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Events February 4 - Court Jew Joseph Suss Oppenheimer is executed in Württenberg April 15 - Premiere in London of Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel. ... Many regard William Shakespeare as the greatest English poet ever. ... John Keats John Keats (October 31, 1795 – February 23, 1821) was one of the principal poets in the English Romantic movement. ... Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley (August 4, 1792 – July 8, 1822) was one of the major English romantic poets and is esteemed by some scholars the finest lyric poet in the English language. ... Tuberculosis (commonly shortened to TB) is an infection caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly effects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also effect the central nervous system (meningitis), lymphatic system, circulatory system (Miliary tuberculosis), genitourinary system, bones and joints. ... An epitaph (literally: on the grave in ancient Greek) is text honoring the dead, most commonly inscribed on a tombstone or plaque. ... Portofinos small harbor on the Italian Riviera The Italian Riviera is a part of the coast shared between France and Italy, on the Tyrrhenian Sea, or the Italian coast on the Adriatic Sea. ... Viareggio is a town in the province of Lucca situated on the coast of the Ligurian Sea in the north of Tuscany, Italy. ... Edward John Trelawny (1792–1881), biographer, entered the Royal Navy, from which, however, he deserted, after which he wandered about in the East and on the Continent. ... Mary Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley née Godwin (August 30, 1797 – February 1, 1851) was an English novelist who is perhaps equally famous as the wife of Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and as the author of Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus. ... Bournemouth is a seaside resort on the south coast of England. ...

Notable burials

• Hendrik Christian Andersen (1872–1940), sculptor, friend of Henry James
• Karl Briullov (1799–1852), great Russian painter
• Zakhar Grigor'evich Chernyshev (1796–1862), Russian participant in the Decembrist revolt
• Gregory Corso (1930–2001), American beat generation poet
• Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American author of Two Years Before the Mast
• Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893–1973), Italian novelist
• August von Goethe (1789–1830), son of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; his monument features a medallion by Bertel Thorvaldsen
• Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937), Italian philosopher, leader of the Italian Communist Party
• John Keats (1795–1821), English poet
• Richard Saltonstall Greenough (1819–1904), American sculptor
• Wilhelm von Humboldt (1794–1803), son of the German diplomat and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt
• Alexander Ivanov (1806–1858), Russian painter
• Vyacheslav Ivanov (1866–1949), Russian poet, philosopher, and classical scholar
• Hans von Marées (1837–1887), German painter
• Malwida von Meysenbug (1816–1903), German author
• Axel Munthe (1857–1949), Swedish physician and author
• Thomas Jefferson Page (1808–1899), commander of United States Navy expeditions exploring the Rio de la Plata
• Gottfried Semper (1803–1879), German architect
• Joseph Severn (1793–1879), English painter, consul in Rome, and friend of John Keats, beside whom he is buried
• Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), English poet
• Franklyn Simmons (1839–1913), American sculptor and painter
• William Wetmore Story (1819–1895), American sculptor, buried beside his wife under his own "Angel of Grief"
• John Addington Symonds (1840–1893), English poet and critic
• Lady Temple (died 1809), wife of Sir Grenville Temple, 9th Baronet
• Edward John Trelawny (1792–1881), English author, friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley, beside whose ashes he is buried
• Wilhelm Friedrich Waiblinger (1804–1830), German poet and biographer of Friedrich Hölderlin
• Constance Fenimore Woolson ([1840–1894) American novelist and short story writer, friend of Henry James

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References

• International Herald Tribune; Elisabeth Rosenthal; February 8, 2006; "A Cemetery of Poets Is in Crisis in Rome"

External links

• Catalogue of gravestones and inscriptions
• Cemetery website (in Italian)
• The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 285, December 1, 1827, Project Gutenberg E-text that contains an article entitled "Protestant Burial-Ground At Rome"