Amanda Thursfield has retired as director of the Non-Catholic Cemetery in Rome, the final resting place of Keats and Shelley and other illustrious figures.
Wanted in Rome
23 Feb, 2021
Poetry readings at Keats grave 200 years after his death in Rome.
It was a perfect morning in Rome s Non-Catholic Cemetery as flowers were laid on the grave of Romantic poet John Keats who died in the city 200 years ago today.
There were readings too in the cemetery, currently closed to the public, as the almost-spring sunshine lit a sea of daisies to the backdrop of the Pyramid of Cestius.
A selection of Keats s poems, including
Ode to a Nightingale, which came first in the Keats-Shelley House s Facebook poll of favourite Keats poems, was read by actor Rory Stuart.