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Keats-Shelley Memorial House

Address: Piazza di Spagna 26, Spagna, Rome | Map It
Phone: 06/6784235
www.keats-shelley-house.org

Category: Memorials/Monuments
Location: Corso and Spagna

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Fodor's Review:

Sent to Rome in a last-ditch attempt to treat his consumption, the English Romantic poet John Keats lived—and died—here, in the "Casina Rossa" (the name refers to the blush-pink facade) at the foot of the Spanish Steps. At that point, this was the heart of the colorful bohemian quarter of Rome that was especially favored by the English. Keats had become celebrated through such poems as "Ode to a Nightingale" and "She Walks in Beauty", but his trip to Rome was fruitless, as he breathed his last here on February 23, 1821, aged only 25, forevermore the epitome of the doomed poet. In this "Casina di Keats," you can visit his rooms, which have been preserved as they were at the time of his death. Little is left of his furnishings (of which he had few), but you'll find a rather quaint collection of memorabilia of English literary figures of the period—Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Joseph Severn, and Leigh Hunt as well as Keats—and an exhaustive library of works on the Romantics. To experience total immersion, inquire about the house's apartment for rent (three days to six months).

Cost: EUR 3.50
Open: Weekdays 9-1 and 3-6, Sat. 11-2 and 3-6
Metro: Spagna

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