famous protestant cemetery.tuesday = field trip day. currently we are studying about 'the grand tour' of europe. today we visited the protestant cemetery in rome. this cemetery is the famed resting place for english poets keats and shelley.
this cemetery was the first non-catholic cemetery in rome. and the first tomb was erected in 12-30BC for an emperor. currently they have the highest density of famous people buried in one place - in the entire world.
the emperor's tomb
mom - they had your violets EVERYWHERE
keats tombit was early into our tour that we learned of a 'cat colony' that resides inside the walls of the cemetery. which might have factored into my request for a return visit (you can play with them from 2-4). a private group cares for them: feeds them, vaccinates them, if they have kittens they raise them too, etc. and at the end of our tour we could donate money to help the 'stray' cats of the cemetery.
member of the cat colony.
he is so cute!
shelley's tomb.sadly he could not be buried by his son like he initially requested.
a little taste of home, camellia tree.
overall it was the most BEAUTIFUL cemetery i have ever been to in my entire life.
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