The Protestants’ graveyard, also known as the “non-Catholic cemetery” of Rome, is hidden behind the pyramid of Caius Cestius, in the Roman rione (district) of Testaccio.
Because Rome has always attracted visitors from all over the world, and many of them have been artists and scholars searching for the signs of Roman history, this cemetery contains a number of artists’ graves, in particular those of the great Romantic poets John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley.
The Protestants’ is one of the oldest burial grounds in continuous use in Europe (the earliest burial dates back to 1738) and is packed with history and beautiful monuments. It is also, along with the enclosure of the nearby pyramid, home to one of Rome’s famous semi-feral cat colonies, tended by volunteers.
