The last home of legendary poet John Keats is now the memorial and museum known as Keats Shelley Memorial House.

It is dedicated to his life and the life of his contemporary, Percy Bysshe Shelley. The museum displays a variety of artifacts and memorabilia from both Keats and Shelley as well as numerous other works by notable poets from the Romantic Period. This includes a library with more than 8,000 works of Romantic literature.

The room that contained Keats’s death bed was also preserved and recreated as a shrine to the tortured writer who endured much pain before passing away from tuberculosis at the young age of 25. A small movie room shows an introductory film when guests enter the house.

Piazza di Spagna 26, 00187, Rome, Italy, Phone: +39-06-6-78-42-35

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